BRYANT, Ark. — An 11-year-old Arkansas girl paid a cabbie $1,300 to take her to meet a boy in Florida, but authorities caught up with the runaway in Georgia and found her safe after her parents reported her missing.
Bryant police used cellphone records to determine the girl hailed the cab in Little Rock on Dec. 5, after talking to a 16-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., boy she met two years ago, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Friday.
“According to the information that I have, she was in a sweatsuit with a lot of makeup on and she looked like she was 17 or 18 years old,” said Ellis Houston, a managing partner with Greater Little Rock Transportation Services, which operates the local Yellow Cab service.
The driver was not charged and is not facing disciplinary action, Houston said.
“Maybe he lacked a little bit of judgment,” Houston said.