SandBox Comments: Aspen Times "Man cited after driver says he threw snowball at taxi"

The highly coveted 'lol' from 'SandBox Nanny' today goes out to the guy who took a stand on behalf of our very own rogue taxi driver, Phil Sullivan.  Granted, if Phil is cited for contempt of court again, they may be doing time together...but at least the beat goes on.

Rick Carroll:
"ASPEN — High Mountain Taxi drivers are still feeling the presence of rogue cabbie Phil Sullivan — even if he's not on the streets.

Aspen police cited Dustin Timothy Fletcher, 26, of Aspen, just before midnight Sunday on suspicion of throwing a snowball at a taxicab, yelling “F--- High Mountain Taxi!” and muttering something about Sullivan, according to a police report.

Sullivan was released Thursday from Pitkin County Jail after serving a term for violating a judge's court order to stop accepting tips from passengers. The judge said he was not allowed to take gratuity because he did not have the licenses required to operate a cab service by the Public Utilities Commission.

In the days leading to Sullivan's sentencing hearing last month, a group of High Mountain Taxi drivers also wrote a letter to the judge, Gail Nichols, asking that he be punished for violating the injunction.

Meanwhile, Officer David Rosselot wrote that Fletcher was ticketed because he threw either a chunk of ice or a snowball, as well as a cup of beer, at a cab driven by Erica Cleaver. Cleaver told police that Fletcher yelled obscenities at her, and she told him not to throw things at the taxi and that she was simply doing her job.

Cleaver said that after the alleged snowball or ice chunk hit her windshield, she pursued Fletcher on foot.....(lol...)"
(Did she catch him?  What was he cited for?  Click title)

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