Published: November 05, 2009 09:11 am      

Cab fare dispute leads to 2 arrests in Ga.

ACWORTH, Ga. (AP) — Cherokee County officials say a dispute over cab fare led to two people being arrested.

Lieutenant Jay Baker of the Cherokee County sheriff’s office says 49-year-old Michael Famiglitti and 35-year-old Ashley Carswell called a cab Wednesday night to take them from a Cobb County bar to Famiglitti’s home.

Baker says that when the driver told the couple the bill was $35, an argument started.

Famiglitti is accused of retrieving a rifle, firing a shot into the air and pointing the gun at the cabbie. Baker says the driver called 911.

After several hours of trying to talk the two out, police fired pepper gas canisters into the home, went inside and arrested Famiglitti and Carswell.

Police charged Famiglitti with aggravated assault and Carswell with obstruction.