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St. Petersburg police seek man who robbed taxi driver with straight razor (w/video)

 
Published Dec. 29, 2014

ST. PETERSBURG — Police are looking for a man who held a razor to a cab driver's throat and demanded money early Christmas morning.

The robbery was recorded on a surveillance camera inside the cab. The driver, who works for Bats Taxi, is shown handing over his wallet in the footage.

He picked up the man at Central Avenue and Third Street about 1 a.m. and was dropping him off at James Avenue S and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street S, according to St. Petersburg police.

Investigators ask anyone with information to call (727) 893-7780 or text a tip anonymously to 847411.