Fairfield thief caught fleeing in Uber: PD

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(KRON) — Early Saturday morning, the Fairfield Police Department stopped and arrested a man for stealing a victim’s belongings at a Fairfield hotel. Police said they surprised the suspect as he tried to flee in an Uber.

Around 4:30 a.m., police responded to reports of a robbery at a hotel on Holiday Lane. According to PD, the suspect knocked on the victim’s door and “demanded that she hand over her things or be stabbed” before fleeing.

Police later said they located the suspect next to a fast food restaurant as he got into an Uber.

Police identified the suspect as 26-year-old Robert Morgan. Morgan was arrested on charges of robbery and a warrant for burglary in San Francisco, police said.