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JetBlue pilots charged with attack on cab driver
Two from JetBlue charged with theft, assault on driver
<DL class=byline>By Joel Marino | South Florida Sun-Sentinel <DD>October 1, 2008 </DD></DL>FORT LAUDERDALE - Unwilling to pay their cab fare, two commercial airline pilots punched the cab driver in the face, kicked him while he was on the ground, then fled, police said.
William Hart Smith, 40, and Brad Leopard, 38, both Fort Lauderdale residents, were arrested Monday and charged with battery and petty theft in the assault, which happened on Aug. 12.
The men are JetBlue pilots. An airline spokesman would not say if the company is taking any action against the duo.
Authorities say the pilots and another unidentified man hailed the cab around 2 a.m. after leaving the Solid Gold stripclub. A fourth man who did not know the trio also took the taxi at the same time, police records show.
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<!-- END rail -->The cab's driver, Juan Martin, 51, of Miami, took the crew to a Subway shop on North Federal Highway after the pilots said they were hungry.
The men then told Martin to drive them to the beach, but they gave conflicting directions, according to a police report.
Martin stopped the cab in the 4000 block of State Road A1A, police said. He asked the three men to exit the taxi, but he chased after them when they walked away without paying the fare.
That's when the pilots began to punch and kick the driver, according to police documents.
Police say the other man who accompanied the pilots did not harm Martin; the fourth man witnessed the attack and gave police a description of the men.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbtaxicab1001sboct01,0,4935028.story
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Sucks to have this plastered all over the news. They'll be paying for it enough if they have wives.
Wow, I know one of those guys.
Ok random thoughts here...
One, why are grown men in their 30's and 40's going to strip clubs? That's something you do in college, or maybe for a bachelor party. But grown men?
Two, what does their status as Jetblue pilots have to do with any of this? Unless they were in uniform or on duty, it's irrelevant
Three, what "action" would JetBlue take, and on what grounds? Again, this had nothing to to with JB
