Crime & Safety

Cab Driver Robbed at Apartments

Deputies say the robbery happened around 3 a.m. at Willow Creek Apartments.

Deputies are looking for two men who robbed a cab driver early Tuesday in the parking lot of an apartment complex near St. Andrews. 

The cab driver told deputies he picked up two men at Wash World on Broad River Road and took them to Willow Creek Apartments on Fernandina Road.

When they got to the apartment complex around 3 a.m., the two men began to assault the cab driver, according to the sheriff's department. The cab driver gave the men all the money he had with him. 

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The two men, who deputies say were black and were wearing all black clothing and skullcaps, fled on foot. 

The cab driver was treated by EMS for minor injuries. 

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Anyone with information about the men or about the incident should call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.


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