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Metro Police released images Thursday of a man wanted in connection with the knifepoint robbery of a cab driver Aug. 24 near Las Vegas Boulevard and Charleston Boulevard.
Published Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 | 3:57 p.m.
Updated Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 | 4:42 p.m.
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Metro Police released surveillance video today of a man who allegedly robbed a cab driver last month at knifepoint.
Metro Police released surveillance video today of a man who allegedly robbed a cab driver last month at knifepoint.
Officials said the man entered the cab about 10 p.m. Aug. 24 and asked for a ride to the 1100 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard.
After arriving at his destination, police said the man asked the cab driver for change for a $50 bill. As the driver pulled out money, the suspect allegedly held a knife to the victim's throat and demanded the money before running from the area, police said.
Officials described the robber as a white man in his 20s with black hair, about 5-feet-11-inches tall and about 180 pounds.
Metro Police are asking anyone with information to call the robbery section at (702) 828-3591 or Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.
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Wont be long before there is plastic walls behind the drivers like Los Angeles.
Why did it take 10 days to release this picture? You'd think Crime Stoppers would be more effective if the picture was put out sooner.
Tony and sunny are liberal race baiters...ignore their posts..... Anyways, this guy shouldn't be hard to find if he lives here. He obviously has a balding problem he tries to hide with "fluffing" his hair up.
Not to blame the victim, but why would he take someone to that neighborhood at that time of night? I drove cab for 9 years in Clark County and would ask lots of questions whenever someone got in my cab and wanted to go somewhere off the beaten track at night. If they didn't satisfy my curiosity, I refused to take them. More often or not, they'd scream that they were going to go turn me in to the Taxicab Authority. I always said, go ahead. I'd rather have faced a fine than a weapon, any night. None of the jerks ever called because they weren't legitimate fares.
What? Viewable video released in ten days? How can that possibly be?
thats because metro hates cabbies and wastes their time. thats why it took 10 days.
lvfacts101, i did the same thing. refuse the ride if you felt your safety was an issue. and you cannot get a fine for that either.
as for the robber, what a chickenfeed. look at that helpless old man!
and why does it say allegdly? i think the video proves it really happened!!!
anyway, i feel for the poor guy. making below min wage like a slave to get robbed.
a tip to all cabbies out there....put your book in a hidden place, keep 20 dollars in singles and some 5's, so if a person gives you a large bill, they will only see a small amount of change and think its a lot, and you can really only lose 20 bucks. and hide your trip sheet and dont fill out your trip sheet until you drop the person off. on a separate piece of paper write down your destination so the taxi authority has something to use. if you get stopped by the TA, and they say your sheet is not filled out show them your paper and why you did not fill out your current ride. find a good system for yourself. personally, the TA needs to eliminate trip sheets because they can cause more problems than help as its a blueprint for what kind of cash you are carrying.
interview your passengers, picking up flags are one thing, but depends on where you get them. watch your people, are they constantly looking around. make sure they give you an address, make sure you know the area. if someone is looking around a lot and says decatur and pennwood kind of area be suspicious. ask for an address, if they refuse and say the corner call dispatch and give them the situation and tell them its fishy. let the dispatcher say dont take the ride. unbuckle your seatbelt prior to your call and while on the phone or radio with them keep your left hand on the door handle and be ready to get out and run. make sure your cellphone is not in a cupholder and in your shirt pocket or in your left hand already.
common sense, and tactics will get your far and keep you safe.
Not to blame the victim, but why would he take someone to that neighborhood at that time of night? """
i have been stiffed by a guy leaving the airport at 7am. it can happen anytime. robberies tho seem to be more common at night because its harder to see where they go
Looks like the suspect is a Caucasian male in his early 30s or late 20s.
Sooner or later there will be no cash transactions in the taxis..credit or debit cards only..this will stop these things from happening. It has worked in other cities..
If he was black that tape would have been released the same day, and all the usual racist remarks would have flooded this post by now.
If he was black it wouldn't have mattered because it has more to do with the incompetence of police in this town. Ten days?
It's also curious how all the usual conservative race baiters aren't here posted their trash.
Anyway, awful images. Hope there is justice.
That poor cabbie! I hope they catch the ugly coward that did this!
none to any of the above, race dont matter....metro hates cabbies thats why it took 10 days.
If cabbies can have cameras on them all the time to catch criminal activity, why not Metro?
I think I know that guy... just cant put a name to the face... Maybe I went to school with him...
I hope they catch the guy. Who to me, kinda looks like a bad combination of Screech from Saved by the Bell and Fred Savage of the Wonder Years.
Is anyone else having trouble seeing a knife in that video?
As a consumer who rarely carries cash anyway, I'd love for cabs here to take plastic like they do in other cities. Seems like a convenience for consumers and safer for the drivers.
they need "bullet proof Plexiglass", with a tray for cash between the driver and passengers, and always keep the driver and front passenger door locked at all times, works in NYC.
Ejection seat would be a plus!!!