The Cab Ride Home
Goleta Valley, CA
Believing she could fool the cab driver, once at her destination a young lady, who requested a taxi service from Santa Barbara to her Isla Vista apartment, ran from the car to her apartment where she turned off the lights in an attempt to hide from the bill. The driver, who waited patiently outside the apartment before knocking on her door, requested the help of authorities when he could not reconnect with the passenger.
Once on the scene, deputies met with the intoxicated female hiding inside her dark apartment. Admitting she was penniless, she agreed to write a check for the now $74 fare. However, too inebriated to legibly write the check, she was arrested for public intoxication as well as petty theft. The driver requested charges pressed against the defrauder due to the fact he missed the busiest part of the evening, losing significant income, while dealing with the woman.
Found in the Goleta Valley Voice
February 26th, 2006 at 11:27 pm
Wait a minute…..she was INSIDE her own HOME and they cited her for PUBLIC intoxication? Forget the cab, next time she should just drive herself home, THAT should please the cops…………….geeeeez. Is Goleta Valley near Weed?
February 27th, 2006 at 12:39 pm
That would be Grass Valley, Sly.
February 28th, 2006 at 8:08 am
The cop was just pissed because she did’nt drive herself home so he could give her a DUI and make his quota, you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.