BY JENNIFER A. BOWEN
News-Democrat
A couple in their 50s were returning home about midnight Saturday when they were attacked and robbed in their driveway near Belleville, according to investigators with the St. Clair County sheriff's department.
The wife was hurt by a man who tried to take her purse and dragged her down the driveway. The husband had a gun held to his head by one robber while the other fired a shot.
St. Clair County Sheriff's Capt. Steve Johnson said the robbery and attack was around midnight Saturday in the 1100 block of Five Forks Drive, which is an unincorporated portion of Belleville's east end. Police have not released the couple's names.
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