increase font size Man assaulted, robbed in Phippsburg while trying to help motorist The incident occurred Saturday evening after the victim was 'flagged down' by a woman who claimed that her SUV was disabled, the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office says. Share A man was assaulted and robbed by two to three men in Phippsburg after being “flagged down” by a woman who claimed that her SUV was disabled, according to police. The incident occurred on Berry’s Mill Road on Saturday evening, according to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office. “The victim got out to try and help the female who stated she needed it, but when he got out two to three males got out of the ‘broke down’ SUV to assault and steal from the victim,” the sheriff’s office said on its Facebook page. “After they assaulted and robbed the victim, the assailants loaded him in the bed of his pickup and drove him to a random house in Phippsburg. An alert homeowner called the Sheriff’s Office to report the suspicious activity and reported people running into the woods.”