A Thunder Bay man was arrested and charged following a reported assault against a taxicab driver early Friday morning.
The Thunder Bay Police Service was made aware of a taxicab being stolen following an assault on the driver just after 2 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 5.
An investigation revealed a cab driver was in the 500 block of Cumberland Street North and picked up a male. The passenger requested to be taken to an address in the 1000 block of Frederica Street West.
While en route, the male passenger attacked and threatened the cab driver. The driver was able to escape further assault, at which point the accused fled with the motor vehicle.
An officer with the TBPS’s Uniform Patrol Branch spotted the stolen cab near a ditch on Amber Drive. The accused was in the processing of leaving the area on foot as police approached.
The accused did not immediately comply with the arresting officer’s demands, but was eventually taken into custody and transported to the TBPS headquarters at 1200 Balmoral Street.
Raymond Keith BUBLITZ, 40, of Thunder Bay, is charged with:
• Assault
• Theft of a Motor Vehicle
• Uttering Threats – Death or Bodily Harm
• Overcoming Resistance to Commission of Offence – Bodily Harm
He appeared in bail court on Friday, Feb. 5 and was remanded into custody with a future appearance date of Monday, Feb. 8.