AN EARLY MORNING CAR-JACKING IN ALBUQUERQUE THURSDAY LEAVES A CAB DRIVER SCRATCHING HIS HEAD. POLICE SAY A WOMAN PASSENGER IN THE CAB ATTACKED THE DRIVER BY HITTING HIM WITH A CAST IRON SKILLET. WHEN THE DRIVER FLED FROM THE CAB THE WOMAN, ANTOINETTE PADILLA, DROVE OFF.
OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO TRACK THE VEHICLE’S G-P-S TO A LOCATION ON MENAUL, BUT FOUND THE DEVICE IN THE ROAD. SOON AFTER, OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THE CAB PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY ON TOWNER DRIVE NORTHEAST.
PADILLA RAN TO THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY AND WAS FOUND HIDING THERE. SHE’S NOW FACING AN ARMED ROBBERY CHARGE. THE CAB DRIVER WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT.
