SEATTLE -- Police say a woman refused to pay a cab driver early Tuesday morning, but she was willing to pull a knife and cut him.

Police arrested the 29-year-old woman and booked her into jail. The 35-year-old cab driver refused treatment for a cut finger.

The cab driver picked up two drunk women in Belltown early Tuesday and drove them to North Seattle, policed said. One woman got out at the stop, but the other woman stayed in the cab. The driver told her should would have to pay what was left of the fare, which was about $30. She asked to go back to Belltown.

She tried to get into the front seat, then refused to pay when the driver pulled into a gas station. She pulled a knife and cut the driver.

She ran into the gas station at North 46th Street and Fremont Avenue North, where police arrived about 2:30 a.m.



