Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing an as­sault with in­tent to rob re­port­ed on Tues­day along the East­ern Main Road, San Juan.

Around 10 am, a 64-year-old re­tiree was on the com­pound of JR Tech TT near Caribbean Glass Spe­cial­ists Lim­it­ed when three male sus­pects ap­proached.

Re­ports state the vic­tim was on a lad­der paint­ing a gate when he was ap­proached from be­hind, grabbed and pulled to the ground. The sus­pects as­sault­ed him and at­tempt­ed to take a gold chain from his neck.