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Rideshare driver wants Uber to require rider verification after being beaten, robbed of car

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By Andrew Ramos Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — A grandmother from Chicago’s northern suburbs is recovering from a brutal attack while she was on the job for Uber. Melissa, who asked to be identified only by her first name, said her passengers, four young men, violently attacked her before stealing her car. She said attack could have been avoided with a simple setting change in the Uber app. It’s a setting she and many …

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Uber driver accused of groping female passenger in Whitpain

WHITPAIN — A West Chester area man who worked as an Uber driver is accused of groping a female passenger during a ride share trip in Whitpain Township. Robert Travers Corcoran, 61, of the 1600 block of Eldridge Drive, was arraigned on Thursday on charges of indecent assault and harassment in connection with a Feb. 10, 2025, incident that occurred along Meredith Lane in the Blue Bell section of Whitpain. Corcoran remains free on $25,000 unsecured…

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Rideshare driver wants Uber to require rider verification after being beaten, robbed of car

By Andrew Ramos Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — A grandmother from Chicago’s northern suburbs is recovering from a brutal attack while she was on the job for Uber. Melissa, who asked to be identified only by her first name, said her passengers, four young men, violently attacked her before stealing her car. She said attack could have been avoided with a simple setting change in the Uber app. It’s a setting she and many …

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Uber driver arrested, allegedly asked for kisses, groped passenger in Montco

An Uber driver has been arrested after, police officials claim, he groped a rider against her will when he was driving her home from a night out. According to court documents, police have arrested Robert Corcoran, 61, of West Chester after he, allegedly, groped a passenger’s breast under her clothing without her consent during a ride on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. And, court documents claim, before he would let her leave, he allegedly asked to touch …

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Councilor Flynn Calls for City and Boston Police Oversight for TNCs (Uber/Lyft)

At this week’s Boston City Council meeting, Councilor Ed Flynn filed an order for a hearing to discuss the regulation on Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) by the City of Boston and the Boston Police Department (BPD), following an alleged sexual assault on a young woman in a rideshare last week in South

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