A Florida City man was arrested by sheriff’s deputies after he reportedly got behind the wheel of a taxi in Marathon and drove it to the Upper Keys.
Deputies say the report of a stolen taxi came in at 11:15 a.m. on Nov. 2 at the 5500 block of the Overseas Highway in Marathon. The taxi’s keys were left inside with the doors unlocked, and that’s when 43-year-old Misael Asaria Bocio allegedly got inside the vehicle and went for a ride.
The taxi was spotted by deputies in Islamorada driving erratically. Deputies stopped the vehicle and later identified the driver as Bocio. He was arrested and charged with grand theft auto and driving with a suspended license.The sheriff’s said Bocio is a habitual offender and had just been released from prison on charges of robbery with a firearm, false imprisonment and burglary with assault on an occupant.
