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THE RIGHT THING--- ENDS UP BEATEN AND BRUISED. THE VICTIM WAS TAKING A CAB HOME AFTER A NIGHT OF DRINKING WHEN POLICE SAY THE CAB DRIVER ATTACKED AND BEAT HIM WITH A FLASHLIGHT. CRIS ORNELAS IS LIVE AT METRO COURT WITH OUR TOP STORY. POLICE SAY WHEN 32 YEAR OLD KURT ROBERTSON THOUGHT HIS FARE WASN'T GOING TO PAY HIM THE FIFTEEN DOLLARS FOR THE RIDE ... HE CUSSED AT HIM, THEN BEAT HIM WITH A METAL FLASHLIGHT. POLICE SAY ANTHONY MARES WAS AT THIS HOME DRINKING WHEN HE DECIDED TO TAKE A CAB HOME. KURT ROBERTSON OF THE ALBUQUERQUE CAB COMPANY WAS DISPATCHED TO PICK HIM UP. A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN ROBERTSON DELIVERED MARES TO HIS DOOR AT THE PRESIDIO APARTMENTS MARES SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY. HE ASKED THE CABBIE TO DRIVE HIM TO A NEARBY CHEVRON SO HE COULD GET SOME CASH FROM AN ATM. BUT THE CHEVRON THEY WENT TO DIDN'T HAVE AN ATM. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT THAT'S WHEN ROBERTSON STARTED GETTING MAD. MARES TOLD POLICE HE YELLED 'YOU'RE GOING TO PAY ME'. THEY CAB DRIVER THEN TOOK MARES TO AN ATM AT THE WELLS FARGO ON JUAN TABO AND MONTGOMERY. THIS TIME MARES TOLD ROBERTSON HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS ATM CARD. APPARENTLY, THAT WAS ENOUGH TO SEND THE SIX FOOT TALL, 210 POUND ROBERTSON OVER THE EDGE. POLICE SAY HE SCREAMED 'YOU'RE GOING TO FKING PAY ME!' THE PASSENGER TOLD POLICE HE GOT SCARED AND JUMPED FROM THE CAB. SO POLICE SAY ROBERTSON GOT OUT AND BEGAN BEATING MARES WITH LARGE METAL FLASHLIGHT. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED THEY SAY MARES HAD A MASSIVE BRUISE ON ONE EYE AND GIANT BUMP ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD. HE ALSO TOLD COPS HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS DURING THE ATTACK. ROBERTSON IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON ... HE SITS IN THE COUNTY JAIL TONIGHT ON A 5000 DOLLAR BOND. STUNNING NEW INFORMATION IS OUT TODAY ABOUT THE MAN ACCUSED OF VIDEO TAPING LITTLE