I just cannot get OVER this:
Elmostafa was charged with a misdemeanor larceny that occurred Sept. 2, 2003, when a woman stole five purses worth $250 from the Hecht's department store at Northgate Mall.
Elmostafa said Wednesday that he had picked up Lisa Faye Hawkins and her daughter at their home and had taken them to the mall. Elmostafa said he waited in the taxi with the daughter while Hawkins shopped and then he drove the two home.
Elmostafa said he later received a call asking him to speak with Hecht's security. The security officer at Hecht's said Hawkins had stolen some purses before getting into the taxi, Elmostafa said.
Elmostafa said he gave the woman's address and a copy of his driver's license to the security guard, who thanked him for his help.
"I am not responsible for what she did inside the store," Elmostafa said. "I am just a taxi driver."
Hawkins pleaded guilty to the larceny three months later.
Elmostafa said he heard nothing about the case until his arrest Wednesday. He spent five hours at the Durham County jail before a friend put up $700 for the bail.
He wasn't even CHARGED in 2003 and NOW they arrest him? That has to be intimidation.
How much money does the city of Durham have anyway?
I am horrified!
This is beyond outrageous.
Hannity will be all over this...
His statement HAS to be a problem for Nifong.
This really upsets me. Remember, Kim got her bond conditions changed. (Right around the time she said a rape could have happened.)
All he did was pick up a fare??????????
This is absolutely incredible what they're trying to do to that taxi driver. It's starting to sound as though Durham's legal system is transplanted from Nigeria or Haiti.
Just what is Nifong thinking, anyway? Any conviction he manages to wrest out of this soap opera will be torn apart upon appeal to the state supreme court.
At least $800k.
This is entire believable, Howlin. The thugs are in charge of decent people. And in positions of "authority".
Howlin, could you put me on your Duke ping list? Thanks.