A Seattle rideshare driver was remembered this week as a devoted father and churchgoer after he was fatally shot at random, allegedly by a woman who then stole his vehicle to drive to a hair appointment and to smoke marijuana. Authorities say that around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, 18-year-old Neiana Allen-Bailey encountered Uber driver Amare Geda …
A Texas Uber driver who was shot by his passenger — who erroneously thought he was kidnapping her into Mexico — died Wednesday after his family decided to take him off life support. Daniel Piedra Garcia, 52, had been at University Medical Center since Friday, when Phoebe Copas, a 48-year-old Kentucky woman, shot him while …
A 48-year-old Kentucky woman was arrested Friday after she shot her Uber driver on a Texas highway. Phoebe Copas allegedly told police she shot 52-year-old Daniel Piedra Garcia because she believed he was taking her to Mexico instead of her requested destination. El Paso Police were called to the scene on U.S. 54 near Loop …
Uber recently released a safety report which stated that it received more than 3,800 reports of sexual assault in 2019 and 2020. The rideshare company used five categories to classify its 3,824 cases of sexual assault, ranging from “non-consensual kissing of a non-sexual body part” to rape. The company handled 650 million trips in 2020, …
A Pennsylvania man accused of shooting an Uber driver and dumping her body in a wooded area was ordered held without bail on Friday pending a preliminary hearing later this month. Christine Spicuzza’s dash cam video shows Calvin Crew pulling a gun on her 10 minutes into the ride and ignoring her pleas for her …
Investigators have arrested a suspect in the death of an Uber driver reported missing last week and found dead along a wooded hillside in a suburb of Pittsburgh. WPXI reports that Calvin Crew, 22, was charged Thursday with criminal homicide, robbery, and tampering with evidence in the death of Christina Spicuzza, 38. As CrimeOnline previously …
The woman who allegedly assaulted and coughed on a California Uber driver earlier this week reportedly filmed herself driving erratically on a freeway. TMZ reported that the resurfaced video, that was recorded in June, shows Arna Kimiai, 24, behind the wheel of a McLaren sports car that topped off at 122 miles per hour. Kimiai …
A Rhode Island man who was arrested in January for allegedly posing as a ride-share driver and raping a woman in Massachusetts has been linked to seven other similar crimes. The Suffolk County District Attorney Office announced in a statement Thursday that three Boston municipal courts have charged Alvin Campbell, 39, in connection with seven …
A Florida man is accused of assaulting and choking an elderly Uber driver on Saturday. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that they discovered the injured Uber driver while responding to a reported robbery in Spring Hill. The driver reportedly told officers that he picked up Preston Clark Wyatt Jr., 25, …
A female Uber driver jumped from her moving vehicle late Friday night to escape an armed passenger who had ordered her to drive him into the desert, the Grand Junction, Colorado, Police Department reported. Her white Toyota C-HR crashed into a fence after she jumped out, but by the time police arrived, the male passenger …
Ride-hailing company Uber revealed in a first-of-its-kind safety report issued on Thursday that it received more than 3,000 reports of serious sexual assaults last year and nearly that many the year before. The company noted that the reports, covering 2017-2018, covered more than 2.3 billion rides — meaning that 99.9 percent of the rides were …
A 15-year-old girl in New York is speaking out months after her Uber driver allegedly kidnapped her after picking her up from a birthday party. The teen, whose identity remains private, reportedly requested an Uber ride from an Atlantic Beach home at 11:15 p.m. on July 12. Instead of taking her to her home 15 …
