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Arraigned for Unlawful Imprisonment
posted (March 22, 2012)
38 year-old Lincoln Miguel, a taxi driver of Mahogany Street Extension, is behind bars tonight after he was arraigned for allegedly holding a 23 year-old woman against her will.

He was read the charge of unlawful imprisonment when he appeared before Magistrate Hettie May Stuart today, who could not take any plea from him because it will be tried on indictment.

She did offer him bail of $6,000 with the condition he stays away from the victim. He couldn't meet bail and was escorted to prison.

According to the victim, when she caught his taxi on Tuesday morning, he began questioning her about how much she makes a day.

He allegedly began offering to pay her if she would spend the entire day with him, instead of going to work.

Fearing for her life, the woman said that she opened the door of the taxi and when she realized that the taxi driver was near to her work place, she jumped out of the taxi and ran to work.

Traumatized, she went immediately to report the matter to the police station, and police arrested Miguel.

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