Man Wanted for Attempted Stabbing of Off-Duty Pa. State Trooper Near Embreeville Barracks

State police in Chester County are searching for a man who they say attempted to assault an off-duty trooper with a knife.

The incident happened at 3:25 p.m. Tuesday in West Bradford Township.

A spokesperson with the state police barracks in Embreeville says the man attempted to assault the trooper at a roundabout where Stasburg and Romansville roads meet.

The roundabout is just about a mile west of the Pennsylvania State Police Embreeville barracks.

Details about the encounter were not immediately available, but police described the suspect as a man with dark hair and a beard. He was driving a black Chevy pickup truck.

The trooper was not injured.

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