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Sunday, July 22, 2001
Robber forgot commandment
By Jim Hannah
The Cincinnati Enquirer
A 36-year-old Price Hill taxi driver feels lucky to be
alive after a Bible-carrying, scripture-quoting passenger stole his cab
at gunpoint.
Rodney Jones said he plans to start carrying two guns to
work as a driver for Skyline Taxi and is considering getting out of the
business. He has never carried a weapon at work before.
“I’m never getting in a situation like that again,”
said the father of five. “It wasn’t too good.”
Mr. Jones, who has been driving a cab for about a year,
said he has felt unsafe picking up pas sengers in downtown since the
April riots. He said he wishes the city would allow cages to protect cab
drivers.
Mr. Jones said he didn’t feel threatened when he picked
up a man after 1 a.m. Saturday at 12th and Main streets.
“The man had a Bible in hand and said, “We are all
brothers in God’s eye,’” said Mr. Jones. “I thought he was a priest.”
Police say the passenger put a choke hold on Mr. Jones
while he held a gun to his right cheek.
When Mr. Jones handed over $150, the passenger punched
him in the ribs and told him to get out of his cab. Police said the
passenger drove off, only to crash into a parked car on Vaughn Street in
Corryville. He ran to another cab and tried to pull the driver out and
steal that one.
But that cab driver was armed, shooting a warning shot
into the air. The passenger ran, was cornered by police at 217 E.
University Ave. and was arrested after being sprayed with a chemical
irritant.
Police charged Isiah D. Crutcher Jr., 37, of 127 E.
Clifton Ave., Over-the-Rhine, with aggravated auto robbery and attempted
auto robbery.

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