Law enforcement officials have arrested three men in connection with the assault of a Hemet cab driver that occurred just before 3 a.m. on Aug. 22, it was reported today.
Robert Norton
Marquis White
Leroy Quintana
Deputies from the Hemet Station responded to a report of an assault at the intersection of Cornell Street and East Johnston Avenue, in East Hemet and found a female cab driver in her 60s with severe head injuries.
According to a Riverside County Sheriff’s report, the victim reportedly picked up three adult male fares from a convenience store at the intersection of Florida Avenue and N. Inez Street in Hemet.
“At the request of the fares, she drove to East Hemet and stopped at the intersection of Cornell Street and East Johnston Avenue. The three males then proceeded to rob the victim while assaulting her with a collapsible, two-wheel, metal scooter,” the report said.
The three men fled the scene and the cab driver was transported to a local hospital.
Marquis White, 21, Leroy Quintana, 19, and Robert Norton, 21, were arrested after evidence collected at the scene of the assault and at the convenience store led investigators to a residence where the suspects were found on the 41000 block of Sunset Lane in East Hemet.
Following interviews with the suspects, the weapon was found in the backyard of a nearby residence, officials said.
Each of the suspects are currently in custody and charged with kidnap for ransom, torture, aggravated mayhem, and robbery.
Each of the three has a bail amount set at $3 million.
Anyone with information about this incident can contact the Hemet Station at 951-971-3400.
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this is why i hated being a cab driver, you never know what scumbugs you are going to run into. I hope this lady doesn’t have to work another day in her life and gets better, the city seriously needs to take better care of our cab drivers, they work in seriously dangerous environments, they don’t get paid by the hour, have no medical benefits and are literally risking their lives everyday by handling a variety of different people and having to make sure they get paid and not get defrauded, this poor lady was beat so badly by a couple of morons who know cab drivers are the easiest targets. These idiots are going to pay this time.
Everyday, there seems to be an assault against a cab driver. We have one of the dangerous jobs in the world. Cab drivers are apart of our culture, yet upgrading safety standards to keep us safe are ignored by government. When will cab drivers unite to demand of safety and livelihood?