Crime & Safety
Hatchet Used By Passenger To Threaten Cab Driver: Largo Police
Police said a homeless man pulled a hatchet from his backpack and held it to the cab driver's neck.
LARGO, FL — Largo police arrested a man Thursday accused of attacking a cab driver with a hatchet.
Police said 64-year-old Robert Anderson Forsyth, a homeless man from St. Petersburg, was riding in the cab when the driver asked him to pay $31.80 for the fare.
Forsyth pulled a hatchet from his backpack and held it to the driver’s neck while demanding to be let out on 49th Street North, according to police.
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Police said the driver tried to defend himself and suffered a 2- to 3-inch laceration to his right hand.
Forsyth was taken into custody shortly and charged with robbery with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
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