Crime & Safety

Woman Stiffs Cabbie, Found on Floor of Kmart Bathroom After Huffing Can of Duster: Cops

The woman's boyfriend later paid the cabdriver but she still got arrested.

A Roselle woman took a cab ride to the Elmhurst Kmart, then stiffed the driver and was found on the floor of the lady’s room after huffing a can of computer duster, police said.

The woman’s boyfriend showed up and paid the cabbie but she was still arrested on charges of retail theft and the unlawful use of an intoxicating compound.

The woman, 28-year-old Lindsey Hansen, called the taxi about 5:40 p.m. Tuesday. She got out of the cab under the pretense of going into the Kmart to use the ATM but then never came out again, police said.

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“Lindsay’s boyfriend came to the store looking for her,” police said. “The women’s bathroom was checked and Lindsay was found on the floor with an empty can of Maxell Blast Away multipurpose duster near her.”

Hansen was released on bond.

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