Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Belmont Hills Man Charged With Fleeing Taxi Bill
The following information has been supplied by the Lower Merion Police Department. If arrests or charges are mentioned, they do not indicate guilt or a conviction.
On Tuesday afternoon, Lower Merion Township police reported to news media incidents from the past week.
The lone incident in Narberth-Bala Cynwyd Patch happened about 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at the Sunoco on Belmont Avenue in Bala Cynwyd.
Police said Robert Dabolt-Brind, 32, of the first block of Jefferson Street in Belmont Hills took a cab from Philadelphia toward home, then directed the driver to stop at Sunoco so he could get money from the ATM.
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When the transaction failed, police said, Dabolt-Brind tried to run from the gas station, but the cab driver stopped him until police arrived.
Dabolt-Brind was charged with theft of services and public intoxication.
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