Ripping Off The Taxi
Goleta Valley, CA
Despite an uncooperative suspect and victim, a deputy determined the passenger in the taxicab was too intoxicated to care for his own safety.
The taxi driver, clearly unwilling to drive his verbally and physically aggressive passenger home, remained evasive throughout the investigation. However, he said he was prompted to call authorities at 1:20 a.m. when the passenger apparently “ripped the taxi’s Global Positioning Device from the windshield.â€
Arrested for public intoxication in the parking lot of a Calle Real fast food hamburger chain, the 22-year-old UCSB student was transported to jail.
Found in the Goleta Valley Voice
