Police arrested Yared Geremew Mekonnen in 16th Street Heights on Sunday after a woman said he raped her, then wouldn’t let her out of his cab.

The man convicted of the murder and the driver argued over $.75.

A Northern Virginia cab driver says he was verbally and then physically attacked last Friday by a passenger who spouted off anti-Muslim slurs and expressed anger over last month’s bombings at the Boston Marathon.

On the list of nightmarish experiences city-dwelling women dread, this one is right near the top. WJLA reported last night that a Capitol Hill woman says she was sexually assaulted by a cab driver who was taking her home. Dawn Young said she hailed a normal looking cab at 8th and G SE on Saturday night, because she thought it would be safer than making the short walk home alone. The cab driver asked her…