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