Taxicab driver robbed at gunpoint

Mary and North Bradford streets intersection, Dover (Photo: Google maps)
Mary and North Bradford streets intersection, Dover (Photo: Google maps)

DOVER, DELAWARE (8/16/2016) A 63-year-old taxicab driver was robbed at gunpoint early today, Dover police said.

The crime happened about 2:20 a.m. at Mary and Bradford streets.

The driver was sitting inside his vehicle when the robber approached and held the gun toward his head, demanding money.

The victim turned over cash and the robber fled on foot.

He was described as a light-skinned man, possibly mixed race, with braided hair, about 5-feet-8 and 180 pounds.

Master Cpl. Mark Hoffman asked anyone with information to call police at 302-736-7130.