<\/b>Police are appealing for information after the armed robbery of a taxi driver in Armidale at the weekend.<\/p>\n
About 11.50pm (Sunday 14 February 2016), a man requested a taxi to attend a West Armidale address.<\/p>\n
Upon arrival, the man entered the taxi and provided an address to the driver.<\/p>\n
A short time later, the passenger threatened the driver with a sharp object and demanded money.<\/p>\n
The vehicle stopped at the intersection of Kirkwood and Canambe Streets, where the man fled with cash. He was last seen running on Cookes Road, Armidale.<\/p>\n
The driver contacted Triple Zero (000), and officers from New England Local Area Command attended and launched an investigation.<\/p>\n
The driver, a 51-year-old man, sustained minor lacerations to his hands during the incident; however, he did not require medical attention.<\/p>\n
Police conducted a thorough search of the surrounding area but the passenger was not located.<\/p>\n
The taxi was seized from the location and will undergo forensic examination.<\/p>\n
Inquiries into the matter are continuing and police would now like to speak to a man who may be able to assist with the investigation.<\/p>\n
The man is described as being of Caucasian appearance, approximately 170-180cm tall, with a short beard and of a medium build. He was last seen wearing a dark-coloured hooded-jumper.<\/p>\n
Anyone who knows the man\u2019s identity, or has any information that could assist police, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police are appealing for information after the armed robbery of a taxi driver in Armidale at the weekend. About 11.50pm (Sunday 14 February 2016), a man requested a taxi to attend a West Armidale address. Upon arrival, the man entered the taxi and provided an address to the driver. A short time later, the passenger … Continue reading “Police appeal for information following armed robbery – Armidale”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tcrn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}