A Myrtle Beach taxi cab driver told police a man he picked up from a gentleman’s club left him without paying the fare, according to a police report.

The driver, a 69-year-old Pawleys Island man, told police that at 5:30 a.m. Friday he picked up a man at the Penthouse Club and the man asked to be driven to Club There, police said.

When they arrived outside Club There and the man saw it was closed, the driver said the man asked to be taken to an area at Watts and Canal streets, according to the report. The driver said the man told him he had to go inside to get money for the $12.70 fare, but instead jumped from the cab and ran away.

The driver said he went back to the club and staffers told him the man was a regular at the strip club, according to the report. Police searched the area where the man was last seen, but did not find him.