*** UPDATE ***
2:55 Monday, Oct. 12, 2009
News Channel 7 spoke to Brian Long, the cab driver who says he was the victim in this case. He said he picked Mance's photo out of a line-up, and he had given him rides in his cab many times before. Long said he has no idea what caused Mance to attack, but said if he had not been able to defend himself, he would have likely been killed.
Long said Mance attacked him from behind, while Mance was in the backseat of the taxi. They struggled for at least 10 minutes, according to Long. He said his hand was cut during the fight, and Mance even bit his ear.
Click on the video tab to hear what Long told News Channel 7's Carmen Coursey.
*** Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009 ***
Anderson County Sheriff's officers are searching for a man who allegedly carjacked a taxi cab driver early Saturday morning.
Authorities say that 59-year old Johnny Ray Mance has been charged with armed robbery and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature after he allegedly hailed a taxi and then threatened the driver with a knife before taking the cab and the driver's wallet.
According to the Sheriff's Office, the incident happened around 3:30 am on Lee Dobbins Road. The taxi driver told officers that he had picked up Mance and that Mance used a knife to threaten him and left him stranded after taking the taxi and his wallet.
Mance is a black male, approximately 6-feet tall and weighs 180 pounds. Sheriff's officials say that Mance's last known address was on Monroe St. in Anderson.
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