Dem candidate, taxi driver filed competing police reports after wild dispute over payment
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Nebraska state Sen. Tony Vargas, who is challenging Rep. Don Bacon for Congress, was once involved in a dispute with a taxi driver that ended with competing police reports, Fox News Digital found.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
The newly uncovered documents describe an incident on the evening of May 10, 2013, when Vargas and his cab driver got into a dispute over payment and ended with the driver taking them both to the police station, where each filed a report. A representative for Vargas’ campaign denied wrongdoing on the candidate’s part. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com