Police: Laundromat Worker Assaulted By Suspected Drug User

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia police are investigating after a laundromat worker tells officers he was assaulted by a suspected drug user.

It happened Wednesday at a laundromat at 22nd Street and Hunting Park Avenue.

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Attendant Bruce Bennett says he allegedly saw a man show drugs to a woman then use the drugs.

He told the man he couldn't do that on the premises.

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That's when the suspect hit Bennett several times in the head.

"And I noticed I had a big swelling on my face and that's when I said, wow. And he said, 'I told you,'" recalled Bennett.

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The confrontation left Bennett sporting prominent injuries on his face.

"I said, 'Look, I wasn't trying to hurt you man, I was just trying to do my job,'" Bennett adds.

Police have made no arrests yet, but the investigation is ongoing.

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