BREMERTON — A 44-year-old Gig Harbor man was arrested for false imprisonment March 21 after he allegedly kept a 50-year-old Tacoma woman in his taxi against her will.

Police say Kenneth Marshall Haines of Gig Harbor offered the woman a ride in his Cab Ken taxi — part of Gig Harbor Taxi — after her car broke down on Highway 3 near Loxi-Eagans Boulevard the evening of March 20.

The woman called Haines for a ride the following morning. She allegedly called around 7 a.m. and then asked to be taken to a Jeep dealership in Bremerton. Instead, Haines spent several hours picking up other fares and even went to a Rolling Hills Golf Course to “hit golf balls,” according to police.

The woman said she was scared and asked to be released several times. When she protested, Haines allegedly yelled “My stuff first.”

She was eventually taken to the Jeep dealership where staff said she appeared “terrified.” The staff demanded Haines leave without her and then called 9-1-1.

Police say Haines told arresting officers “he was training her to be a taxi driver” and acknowledged that she asked to be let out “a couple of times.”

Haines was released on $25,000 bail. His taxi operator’s certificate was revoked by the City of Bremerton and the taxi, a green 1995 Toyota, was impounded.