HALIFAX, N.S. – A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged for his involvement in the robbery and assault of a taxi driver in Dartmouth on April 8. A news release from the Halifax Regional Police (HRP) stated that the cab driver had been driving four male passengers early that morning. When the driver stopped the cab, one of the passengers stabbed him with a knife, and then all four continued to assault him while taking some of the driver’s personal belongings and a sum of cash, police said. The HRP responded to a report of the incident at 5:04 a.m., and the driver was sent to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. At 9:51 p.m. on Aug. 2, HRP patrol officers arrested the boy in a Halifax apartment and charged him with robbery, assault and possession of a dangerous weapon. The accused was scheduled to make his first court appearance in Halifax Provincial Youth Court on Aug. 3, police said.