El Jebel man nabbed in Aspen taxicab robbery

Aspen Times Staff Report
Aspen, CO Colorado

**Courtesy Aspen Police Department**Justin Brink
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ASPEN ” A 26-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly robbing an Aspen

taxicab driver at knifepoint, authorities said.

Justin Brink of El Jebel is accused of aggravated robbery for the incident that allegedly happened at about 12:25 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Truscott Place parking lot. He got away with about $180 in cash.

The driver, a Roaring Fork Valley resident, was not hurt in the robbery. Brink is being held in the Garfield County jail.

See Thursday’s Aspen Times for more on the arrest.

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