WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A taxicab driver was carjacked in Woodbridge early Monday.
Police were called to Prince William Parkway and York Drive at 2:45 a.m., where the driver told officers he was stopped at a traffic light when his fare began to assault him and then ordered him out of the cab. The driver got out, the fare hopped into the front seat and then drove away, according to police documents.
Officers were able to use the GPS device inside the cab to track the wayward taxi. Now in Fairfax County, police stopped the car in the area of Va. 123 and Palmer Road in Lorton and arrested the driver.
Margario Avalar Escobar, 29, of 14737 Pan Am Avenue in Chantilly, is charged with carjacking. His court date was not released and he was held without bond.
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