From FOX 5 DC GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Montgomery County police have arrested an Uber driver for attempted murder after police said he tried to shoot two officers with a homemade weapon. Police have charged 52-year-old Jonathan Hemming with two counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of attempted second-degree murder and other assault, firearms-related and [...]
From the Boston Globe Critics of ride-hailing services said the case of a Boston man with a long history of driving offenses who was arrested for dragging two police officers with his SUV highlighted the need for tougher regulations for Uber and similar companies. Bryant Gilbert was not employed by Uber at the time of [...]
From the Business Insider Because of flaws in Uber's background-checking system, 25 drivers with criminal records — including murder, child abuse, and assault — were allowed to drive for the ride-hailing service in San Francisco and Los Angeles, according a complaint filed Wednesday by the San Francisco District Attorney's office. One of the drivers in question is a [...]
From LA Weekly Uber has cut ties with eight drivers who have criminal records, as it attempts to win approval to pick up passengers at Los Angeles International Airport. The drivers, who have convictions including assault, DUI and possession of child pornography, were identified in recent weeks by L.A. Yellow Cab, which has been lobbying [...]
From the Dallas Morning News Uber and the city of Dallas disagreed Saturday on whether a driver for the ride-sharing service who is accused of sexually assaulting a passenger in west Oak Cliff a week ago was allowed to drive for the company in Dallas. Meanwhile, court records show that the driver, 56-year-old Talal Ali [...]
From the Miami Herald Miguel Morán Díaz, a Cuban migrant arrested in Miami after expressing sympathies for the terror group ISIS, will be sentenced July 27 in federal court. The sentencing hearing before U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard will close a chapter in a case that drew international media attention after the one-time Uber driver [...]
From NBC Los Angeles A sure sign of success is when a company's name becomes a verb. Office workers frequently Xerox documents while others rush off to FedEx a package. And now, a lot of passengers say they will "Uber" their way to meet friends. The explosive growth of Uber can't be denied. In the [...]
From the Chicago Tribune Chicago's new ride-sharing services market their drivers as friendly and safe, asserting they have passed stringent criminal background checks. But a Tribune investigation revealed that one of the companies, Uber, did not check some of the criminal records of its drivers, allowing thousands of drivers to ferry passengers for months, despite [...]
From Pando Last month, Pando reported that an Uber driver in San Francisco had been accused of verbally and physically assaulting a passenger, James Alva. According to Alva, the driver called him a "dirty Mexican faggot" and then struck him several times when Alva tried to take a photo of him and his license plate to [...]