Suspect charged after taxi driver assaulted and robbed early Monday

Officers were called to Lacewood Drive at around 1:20 a.m.

CITYnews halifax \ Meghan Groff

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Halifax Regional Police have charged a man after a taxi driver was assaulted and robbed in Clayton Park early Monday morning.

Officers were called to Lacewood Drive near Dunbrack at around 1:20 a.m.

They were told a passenger assaulted the driver and took cash before getting out of the cab.

Police tracked down a suspect, who was in another taxi leaving the area. When officers pulled the vehicle over, they say he jumped out and tried to get away.

He didn’t get far and was soon arrested.

Modou Marong, 30, is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court today on charges of robbery and resisting arrest.