From NBC Los Angeles An Uber driver who was on his way to pick up passengers after watching the Super Bowl at a bar was arrested Sunday north of Los Angeles with a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit, police said. Robert Wing, a 46-year-old Simi Valley resident, was stopped by police [...]
From KTLA 5 An Uber driver was facing DUI and resisting arrest charges Thursday after driving through a red light and slamming into a party bus in downtown San Diego, police said. The crash took place just before midnight Wednesday near the intersection of Sixth Avenue and F Street, said Lt. Dan Smyth with the San [...]
From People Harley Quinn Smith, daughter of director Kevin Smith, is sharing her scary run-in to prevent others from experiencing what she went through. The 16-year-old actress revealed she was almost "kidnapped" in Los Angeles when she was waiting for her Uber car service to arrive. "I was just standing outside a Starbucks in Brentwood, [...]
From News Channel 3 WREG Memphis MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Memphis police are still looking for the person accused of posing as an Uber driver and robbing two people at gunpoint in the 3400 block of Lamar. Police said the two were leaving a strip club down the street when they came across a man with [...]
From the Cape Cod Times BARNSTABLE — A 39-year-old Bourne man who, according to his attorney, worked as a driver for the Uber ride-sharing service pleaded not guilty Thursday in Barnstable Superior Court to rape and assault charges. Yves Goin had been indicted Dec. 11 by a Barnstable County grand jury on one count of [...]
From the Athens Banner-Herald An Uber driver has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an Athens woman after giving her a ride last month. John M. Kamens, 49, of Statham allegedly provided a ride to the 28-year-old Uber customer on Dec. 14 and later burglarized her home and sexually assaulted her, Athens-Clarke County police said. [...]
From CBS Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — When getting behind the wheel isn’t an option, many choose to call services like Uber especially when ringing in the New Year. That’s what Arlene Mendez, 19, decided to do around 1 a.m. on Jan. 1 so she could go hang out with friends. “I’m really mad [...]
From the Arizona Republic The Scottsdale Police Department has arrested an Uber driver on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old in June, police said. Police confirmed the following information, citing court documents not readily available to The Arizona Republic. James R. Stough, 53, picked up the 16-year-old girl from her school in Phoenix after she had finished [...]
From NBC San Diego Several suspects were arrested early Saturday in San Diego’s College Area after they allegedly plotted to rob a victim by pretending to be Uber drivers, police said. The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said the robbery happened in the 5500 block of Baja Road and involved a group of four suspects [...]
From WLWT 5 ELSMERE, Ky. —You can imagine the surprise on Jennifer Maxam’s face when she reviewed her in-home video surveillance system after a recent burglary. She recognized the suspect in a surprise starring role. She told Elsmere police it was her Uber driver from a few nights earlier. Police arrested Raymond Southerland, of Burlington, [...]