COTTONWOOD — Police say a robbery at a Cottonwood restaurant's drive-thru counter was carried out by a woman who shot an employee in the face with pepper spray and by a man who crawled through the window.
The Taco Bell employee made a glancing blow at the man's head shortly after the robber entered the restaurant late Sunday night.
The man responded by hitting the worker in the head twice with the butt of a pistol.
The employee suffered serious injuries.
Cottonwood police say no money was taken during the robbery.
No arrests have been made.
The robbers fled the area in a pickup truck to an area between Cottonwood and Clarkdale.
Police cars couldn't travel in the desert area.