Passengers refuse to pay taxi and threaten hostage, Chicago IL
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RobberyAccording to the dispatch call, at a taxi near S Wabash Ave, two passengers refused to pay. One male passenger threatened to take a female passenger hostage.
Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 04
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Transcript:
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All right, we have an assault in progress ticket, near S Wabash Ave.
00:06
Dispatcher states that the caller is Alfred.
00:07
Alfred reports that two passengers are refusing to pay the taxi driver.
00:12
One is a female wearing a gray coat, and three male passengers, one with a black jacket and a book bag.
00:22
The second last seen wearing black earmuffs.
00:28
The male passenger in white threatened to take the female passenger hostage.
00:41
Nothing further.
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Location mentioned:
S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
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