Woman Charged In Taxi Carjacking

DENVER (CBS4)- A teenager has been charged with stealing a taxi at knife point last week.

Jaylene Perini has been charged with aggravated robbery, second-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft and false reporting.

About 2 a.m. on Friday, Perini, 19, was a passenger in a taxi that had stopped at a convenience store gas station at 1st Avenue and Knox Court. The charges allege that while the taxi driver was pumping gas, she jumped into the driver's seat, pointed a knife at the driver and drove away.

Police located the taxi near 38th Avenue and Federal a short time later and arrested Perini after they chased her a short distance.

Perini remains in custody on $50,000 bond. She is scheduled to appear in Denver County Court on Friday to be advised of the charges.