From the Los Angeles Times Prosecutors are seeking possible victims connected to an Uber driver who has been charged with raping a female passenger after he picked her up from a bar in Fullerton. Omar Mahmoud Mousa, 52, of Anaheim appeared in court Thursday, where his bail was set at $100,000, said Roxi Fyad, spokeswoman [...]
From the Lansing State Journal EAST LANSING – Two Uber drivers have been charged in connection with sexual assaults in East Lansing in January and February. Hassan Ibrahim, 48, faces one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with an incident that occurred Feb. 14, according to East Lansing police. He turned himself in March [...]
From NBC 7 San Diego A 52-year-old Uber driver has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female passenger in El Cajon, police said Wednesday. John David Sanchez was on duty as an Uber driver when he gave the woman a ride in late February and allegedly sexually assaulted her, police said. El Cajon [...]
From ABC 11 Eyewitness News RALEIGH (WTVD) -- When he was arrested and charged with sexual battery, a Wake County man listed his employee as Uber, the app-based taxi service. That suspect, 41-year-old Christopher George Wolinski, has a lengthy criminal record. He was working for a cleaning company when a north Raleigh homeowner said he [...]
From Hawaii News Now MAKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow) -A driver for the popular ride-sharing company Uber was charged Tuesday in the sex assault of a teenage passenger. Luke Wadahara, 24, was charged with first-degree sex assault, which connotes forceful penetration. Wadahara was arrested early Sunday, after the victim alleged she had been sexually assaulted during an Uber ride [...]
From the Star A Toronto man has been charged with sexual assault after a woman told police she was attacked by an Uber driver in Markham. York Regional Police say a 34-year-old woman called for an Uber car to meet her near Yonge St. and Major Mackenzie Dr. in Richmond Hill, shortly after midnight Tuesday. [...]
From KIRO 7 Passengers are doing the right thing by not driving drunk. However, more and more women who use Uber and Lyft services after a night out claim that their drivers sexually assaulted them. KIRO 7's Amy Clancy noticed a growing trend as she dug through crime reports over recent months that multiple ride-share [...]
From FOX 13 Salt Lake City NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah -- A North Salt Lake woman claims an Uber driver trapped her inside his car and sexually assaulted her Sunday night. Uber says the man is no longer driving for them, but so far no arrests have been made. The alleged victim said she uses [...]
From FOX News Latino MEXICO CITY – A driver for the car service Uber was arrested for allegedly raping and robbing a female passenger in Mexico City, capital authorities reported Sunday. A criminal judge ordered the driver jailed on May 4 and he is now being held in the Varonil Norte prison awaiting a court [...]
From Inc.: A Buzzfeed investigation suggests thousands of attacks. But Uber disputes the data, saying it has received only five claims of rape and fewer than 170 of sexual assault. Uber is no stranger to media attention for the behavior of its contracted drivers. But over the weekend, Buzzfeed published a story raising new questions about [...]
