Apprehended
Assailant
Had To Pay His Own Way To The Police Station
From the unbelievable and unusual department
comes the story of how a criminal had to pay
the taxi fare to be escorted back to the
police station after a visit to the hospital
under police guard.
It all occurred to a street thug who was
injured while being arrested by police and
was taken to the hospital San Juan de Dios
to attend to his injuries before being
escorted to the jail cell at the Barrio
Mexico police station.
The incident occurred at a little after 6am,
when officer Tomas Romero, called dispatch
for a "perrera" (paddy wagon) and none
came.
The officer, after many calls to dispatch
and no transport coming, decided to take his
collar to the station by taxi, fearing
reprisals if he hung around the hospital too
long.
With his hands cuffed, the man identified as
Gutiérrez Sirias rode in the taxi with the
officer. Upon arrival at the station, the
officer did not have a colon in his pocket
and it was up to the Gutiérrez to pay the
taxi fare.
Of course, no one at the station pitied him,
apologized or offered to reimburse him, for
after all, he was the one going about
downtown San Jose assaulting and
robbing people.
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