Athens-Clarke County police said the man who robbed a University student on Oct. 16 was not a legitimate taxi driver.

Tracy Faust, 41, was arrested and charged with armed robbery and battery for allegedly robbing Brian Behr, a 22-year-old UGA student, after he picked up him up from downtown.

ACC Police Capt. Clarence Holeman told the Athens Banner-Herald the car wasn’t really a cab. Holeman told the Banner-Herald Faust is a convicted felon and will likely face other charges, including possession of a firearm by a felon and aggravated assault.

According to the police report, Behr told police he got in a taxi downtown around 2 a.m. Instead of taking Behr home, the driver took him to an abandoned parking lot off Winterville Road.

Behr said the cab driver told him he had “some stuff” Behr wanted and placed the bag in his lap.

Behr told The Red & Black he was confused when the driver tried to give him the bag.

“[The driver] said, ‘That was the deal. That’s why I picked you up,’ and I was like, ‘Well, I thought the deal was you’d drive me home,’” Behr said.

According to the report, when Behr told the driver he didn’t want the “stuff,” the driver punched him in the face, dragged him out of the car and hit him several times.

Behr said the driver then pulled a small black handgun and took $70 from Behr’s wallet. When the driver left in the taxi, Behr called a friend to pick him up.

He called the police at 11:25 a.m. and told police he hadn’t called earlier “because he was too drunk.”