Minnesota
Taxi stolen by passenger at northern Minnesota gas station
(FOX 9) – A taxi driver had his car stolen by a passenger whereas he went to the restroom inside a fuel station in northern Minnesota Tuesday night.
In line with the Fosston Police Division, at round 6:51 p.m., police had been dispatched to Lepier’s East fuel station to take a report from a Doyle Taxi Cab driver who had reportedly went to make use of the restroom and got here again outdoors to find his taxi had been stolen.
Responding police realized that the one who stole the van had been a passenger within the taxi on the time, and the taxi was giving the passenger a trip from Essentia Well being-Fargo to Cass Lake, Minnesota.
Nevertheless, in response to police the taxi was geared up with an energetic GPS and an energetic digital camera system, which was capable of give dwell updates the place the car was situated.
Officers from the Bemidji Police Division had been capable of safely cease the stolen taxi within the Bemidji space and apprehend suspect Mardee Jones, 34, of Cass Lake.
Jones is at present in custody with theft fees pending, in response to police.