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LIVONIA (WWJ) An Uber driver helped Livonia Police foil a potential armed robbery.
Livonia Police said they received a call from an Uber driver around 8 p.m. on June 22. He told officers he had pulled over at the BP Gas Station on Schoolcraft at Farmington Rd. He reported he was "nervous" about his passenger.
"I'm an Uber Driver. I think something's going on with my passenger. I think he's got a gun on him," he said in the call to 911.
The Uber driver was afraid he was getting robbed.
"I don't know, I don't know what was going on," the Uber Driver told police. "I don't know if he had a gun or not. He was just making me feel uncomfortable….The car was following us. He'd been looking strange and acting strange."
Livonia officers came to the scene where they spoke to the passenger, identified as Melvin Griffin, 21, of Detroit.
Griffin told them he was "going to his friends house" and he had "no idea what (the driver was) scared of."
In the middle of the interview, Griffin ran away.
The encounter and the chase were caught on camera.
After a brief foot chase, officers took Griffin into custody without incident. They found a 9mm pistol with an extended magazine in the back seat of the Uber car that the Frazier Police Department had reported as stolen.
Griffin was charged with Carrying a Concealed Weapon and Resisting/Obstructing Officers. He is due in court on July 15 for a probable cause hearing.
