Las Vegas police arrest 4 in robbery of taxi driver
Four people have been arrested on suspicion of robbing two taxi drivers in the northwest and southwest parts of the Las Vegas Valley.
Booking and jail records show that Linda Dishawn Smith, 32; Tyreau Dwayne Duboe, 29; Kalie Brean Fechner, 19; and Mark Allen Hagerman, 23, were booked on Thursday into Clark County Detention Center on identical charges.
Their charges include robbery with a deadly weapon, conspiring to commit robbery with a deadly weapon, assault on a protected person with a deadly weapon, discharging a weapon into an occupied structure or vehicle, and discharging a weapon where a person may be endangered.
They were arrested after Hagerman and Duboe shot at and robbed a taxi driver at 5850 Sky Pointe Drive in the northwest valley, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Two men and two women were picked up by the taxi driver about 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, police said. When the group arrived at the Sky Pointe Drive destination, the two men demanded the driver’s property while brandishing a handgun.
Multiple rounds were shot as the driver drove away. Police said the driver’s property was taken.
The driver was not hurt, but his vehicle was struck several times.
Police also have accused the four suspects of having a role in a robbery earlier that afternoon near South Fort Apache Road and West Maule Avenue. Metro later confirmed through a press release that another taxi driver had been robbed at this location at around 3:40 p.m.
The four suspects were picked up from Mandalay Bay before being dropped off at an apartment complex on Maule Avenue.
Of the four, only Duboe has a prior felony conviction. Court records show he was convicted of robbery in 2013.
Review-Journal reporter Gabriella Benavidez conttributed to this story.
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