CITY POLICE ARRESTED 23-YEAR-OLD CHAUNCEY PRAY WEDNESDAY IN CONNECTION WITH A NIGHT-TIME FEBRUARY 4^TH INCIDENT WHERE HE ALLEGEDLY GRABBED THE FEMALE TAXI DRIVER AND FORCED THE VEHICLE INTO 'PARK' NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF KNOX AND CLARK STREETS. POLICE SAY PRAY DID NOT DISPLAY A WEAPON OR MAKE ANY THREATS. PRAY TOOK A CELL PHONE AND THE KEYS TO THE CAB THEN FLED ON FOOT. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE WITH THE MONEY BAG HOLDING THE NIGHT'S FARES.

PRAY, OF DEMOT STREET IN HAMMOND WAS CHARGED WITH A FELONY COUNT OF THIRD DEGREE ROBBERY AND A MISDEMEANOR COUNT OF THIRD DEGREE ATTEMPTED ASSAULT.

PRAY WAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE CITY JUDGE MIKE GEBO AND SENT TO CANTON UNTIL HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE.