Rome Police arrested Marquis Dontreal Word, 21, and Frank Houston Kerr, 22, on Tuesday after they refused to pay their taxi fare after they allegedly broke into a home on Stansbury Street.

Reports said that the men took the taxi to Dodd Boulevard and ran away without paying. They were found and arrested shortly thereafter.

Both men are charged with first-degree burglary and misdemeanor theft of services.

Coosa Valley News