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Suspect in Carjacking of Taxi Cab Arrested in Clearwater

Suspect in Carjacking of Taxi Cab Arrested in Clearwater

After a lengthy search, 38 year-old Samuel Eric Brown of Clearwater was charged with armed robbery and carjacking in a Clearwater incident.

Suspect taken into custody after taxi driver robbed and carjacked in Clearwater. Courtesy: Clearwater Police Department

The incident occurred at approximately 7:40 a.m. on Monday, January 22, 2018.  Police received a call from a driver for United Cab that he had been robbed of cash and his vehicle at knifepoint near Crest Lake Park.

The suspect fled with the taxi but abandoned the vehicle shortly thereafter just west of the original crime scene. The taxi was found at Highland Avenue and DeLeon Street.

Suspect arrested 90 minutes after carjacking of United taxi cab. Courtesy: Clearwater Police Department

Multiple officers, including a K9, flooded the area searching for the suspect. An officer traveling on Highland Avenue just a few blocks north of where the taxi was abandoned noticed a man matching the description of the suspect. That’s when Brown was taken into custody just after 9 a.m.

The driver of the taxi was not physically injured.


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