A 20-year-old man was arrested early today after police say he attempted to rob a taxicab driver at gunpoint in Ann Arbor.
The Blue Cab driver told police he picked up a man to take him to an address on Packard Street, Sgt. Mike Lance said.
As they got near Packard and Mary streets at about 12:20 a.m., the man got out and pulled out a semi-automatic handgun, Lance said. He demanded the driver's money, but the driver didn't give him anything, and he ran off, Lance said.
University of Michigan police officers spotted a man matching the description in the 500 block of Thompson Street at 12:25 a.m. and arrested him, the campus crime log said.
The suspected robber is being held at the Washtenaw County Jail pending charges, Lance said.
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