A minor rear-ending of a Cadillac in Georgetown ended up in the robbery and beating of the taxi cab driver who tapped him, according to the filed Seattle Police Department report.

A cab driver pulled behind a red Cadillac at a red light in Georgetown on Sunday, June 6 around 2 p.m. When the light turned green for go, the taxi went but the Caddy didn't, according to a filed police report, and the taxi tapped the Cadillac.

When both drivers got out to assess the damage, the Caddy driver pointed out his bent license plate frame, claiming the taxi had dented it. The taxi driver disagreed—yeah, there was a small dent, but the "push bars" on the cab's bumper would have left a totally different type of mark.

The Caddy driver was pissed. He demanded money for the damage to his license plate frame. A witness drove by and, seeing the argument, stopped and asked the two drivers if everything was okay. The drivers told their conflicting stories to the witness, who sided with the cabbie, agreeing that the bent frame could not have been caused by taxi impact. The Caddy driver was now doubly pissed. He yelled, the witness jumped back into his car and stated he was calling 9-1-1, according to the police report.

Then a white car pulled up with a man and a woman who said they witnessed the accident and sided with the Cadillac driver's version of events. Fortified with witnesses, the Caddy driver once again demanded money and allegedly threatened to hit the cabbie if he did not pay up. The cabbie refused to pay. The Caddy driver allegedly punched him in the face. Then, according to the police report, the cabbie stated that the male "witness" from the white car joined in. As the two men allegedly knocked the cabbie to the ground, the Caddy driver allegedly reached into the cabbie's shirt pocket and took $300 cash. The Cadillac driver and the witnesses then got back into their cars and drove off, the police report states.

When police arrived, the cabbie had a bleeding lip, a swollen face, and a cut on the top of his head. A two inch silver cross on a chain was found at the scene, which the taxi driver identified as belonging to the Cadillac driver, presumably torn from his neck in the alleged beat-down. At the time of the report, neither suspect (the Cadillac driver or the "witness" in the white car—who the cabbie speculated was a friend of the Caddy driver) had been found.

Drive safe, and beware the wrath of a man with an imperfect Cadillac.