They met at the Obama gas station. He was left with no car, no money and no breakfast

A man who met another man at a well-known Columbia gas station told police he was left at a motel the next morning without his car — or the breakfast he’d sent his new acquaintance to get.

The 58-year-old victim told officers he met the suspect at the Obama gas station on North Main Street on Friday afternoon, according to a Columbia Police Department incident report. They “became very ... close at that moment,” and the victim said he started drinking while they were at the store.

After the victim became too intoxicated to drive, the suspect said he would drive the victim away from there, the report states. The victim told officers he “hung” with the suspect all night long before they got a room at a motel on Fairfield Road around midnight.

Around 5 a.m., the victim said he was hungry but still too intoxicated to drive, police said. He sent the suspect with money and his keys, and in his Nissan Pathfinder, to a Hardee’s to get breakfast. The report says the Hardee’s was next door.

He called police around 8:30 a.m. when the suspect didn’t return with the food, his money or his vehicle, police said.

No charges have been filed.

This story was originally published August 30, 2018 at 2:17 PM.