Man attempts robbery with large knife

Bloomington Police responded early Wednesday morning to an attempted robbery in the 1200 block of West 12th Street. According to the police report, a man with a very large knife entered a house seeking money and pills at about 6:45 a.m. A 68-year-old woman and two of her grandchildren were in the house at the time. \nThe woman told police she told the man she did not have anything, at which point he began rummaging through the house. He then pulled the phone cord out of the wall and left through the front door. \nThe suspect is described as a white male wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt and a red bandana over his face. The knife blade was about a foot long, according to the report.