A 19-year-old woman in Oklahoma now faces a count of robbery with a firearm, after allegedly refusing to pay the $85 fare she owed a cab driver.
Broken Arrow police said Mekhia Dishmon got a cab late Tuesday, and asked to be taken to a Motel 6 in Tulsa. The cab driver waited 20 minutes before Dishmon asked to be brought back to Broken Arrow early Wednesday.
When the driver asked for his money, Dishmon produced what appeared to be a firearm and stated, "I'll pay you with this."
Dishmon wasn't on the loose for very long -- officers later found her at a nearby home, according to the police report.
"Once in the master bathroom, Officer Keech pulled against the linen closet door and immediately met resistance pulling it back closed," police said. "He overpowered the door revealing Ms. Dishmon sitting in the closet hunched over to fit."
Police said the weapon used during the robbery turned out to be an imitation firearm. It was actually a cigarette lighter.
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