COLONIE, N.Y. (WNYT)- Colonie police say a tax driver is lucky to be alive after being robbed and slashed by a Scotia man in the early morning hours of Wednesday, August 19.
At a press conference Thursday, Colonie Police Chief James Gerace says Jonathan Tejada plotted to rob and kill a taxi driver. Gerace called the attack “bloody” and “gruesome.”
Police allege Tejada called the Electric City Taxi for a ride from the Motel 6 at 2700 Curry Road sometime before 4 a.m. Wednesday. They then allege Tejada held a knife to the taxi driver’s throat, robbed him, then began to violently attack the driver…