SYRACUSE (AP) -- Police say a Syracuse man who refused to pay a $12 cab fare was carrying more than $5,000 on him while the taxi drove him around looking for reasonably priced cigarettes.
The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports that a 68-year-old man had a cab driver take him to two stores on Monday, but each time he came out empty-handed, saying the price of cigarettes was too high.
When the man had the cabbie take him to a third store, the driver asked for the $12.40 fare. The passenger refused to pay up and told the cabbie to call police over the issue.
According to the newspaper, the arrest report says when the man became uncooperative, police handcuffed him and searched his pockets, finding more than $5,000 in cash.
The man was charged with theft of services.
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