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These Are The Most Bizarre, Common Items Left Behind By New Jersey Uber Riders
A box of yams. A curtain rod. A pair of pom-poms. What do these items have in common? They all made this year’s list of the most interesting items forgotten in an Uber by passengers in New Jersey, according to the rideshare company’s annual Lost & Found Index. The report ranks the items that are most commonly forgotten in Uber vehicles as well as the “most forgetful” cities across the U.S. and even the most popular times to lose items. Like last year’s report, the most commonly lost items include everyday essentials like keys, phones, wallets, ID cards and purses. However, the odds a…
Lifestyle
Jersey City Dad Launches Kid-Friendly Ride Share Service
Toward the end of the 2019 school year, Jersey City father Norbert Sygdziak got a phone call from his son’s school district about an “unnerving event” that would require new bus arrangements. The call prompted Sygdziak to think seriously about school bus safety. He ultimately left his 19-year career in the legal industry to launch and take on a CEO role at RideAlong -- a child-oriented ride-share service with Jersey City native, Fateen Reid. "Despite all the advantages we have as a society, most parents are still forced to place their children on yellow school buses with little to no info…
Police & Fire
PD: Palisades Park Uber Rider Nabbed After Demanding Oral Sex At Gunpoint
A Fort Lee Uber rider with a gun threatened to kill a driver if she didn’t give him oral sex, said Paterson police who caught him after she tricked him into waiting in the car. The driver told city police she’d picked up the fare in Palisades Park shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday for what was to be a ride to Pearl Street and Rosa Parks Boulevard. During the ride, she said, he “racked” the slide of a black handgun, telling her that it was for his protection once he got to Paterson, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Once they arrived at their destination behind Paterson Eastside High S…
Police & Fire
Fort Lee Woman Raped By Newark Uber Driver, Suit Says
A Fort Lee woman is claiming in a civil suit that she was raped by her Uber driver two years ago in Edgewater. The suit was filed by Attorneys Paul Faugno and John Daniels on the victim's behalf, on Dec. 12 in Bergen County Superior Court, NorthJersey.com reports. Uber and a Newark driver are listed as the defendants. The victim is seeking unspecified damages, the lawsuit says. Uber driver Victor Suvakeenpillaj was taking the woman from her home in Fort Lee to her previous residence in Edgewater on Dec. 19, 2017, the suit says. When she bent down to pick up a bag, the driver got out, open…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Airport Uber Imposter Drags Palisades Park Woman, 65, With Car
A phony Uber driver dragged a 65-year-old Palisades Park woman with his car, injuring her, after driving her home from Newark Airport, said authorities who arrested him Friday. The victim had just gotten off a plane on Aug. 7 when Wilson Gomez approached her at the airport carrying an Uber sign, police said. She accepted the offer even though she hadn't booked a ride with him through the popular ridesharing app, Capt. Anthony Muccio said. After negotiating a fare on the way to Palisades Park, the woman told police, she began to suspect something was up. So she called her son on her cellph…
News
Port Authority May Raise Tolls On GWB, Other Bridges And Tunnels: Report
The Port Authority is considering raising tolls on the George Washington Bridge, the Lincoln Tunnel and other crossings into New York by $1, The New York Times reported Monday. Tolls for the George Washington Bridge, the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, the Outerbridge and the Goethals Bridge are all $10.50 off-peak, and $12.50 during peak times. In addition, the fare for AirTrans -- the transport system linking airports to mass transit -- would jump from $2 to $7.75 under the proposal. The agency also wants to impose a new, $4 on taxi trips to Newark Liberty and the other Po…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Uber Driver Had 2.2 Pounds Of Heroin, $5,200 Cash Stashed In Caddy Near GWB
A day after Hackensack police said they busted an Uber Eats driver caught masturbating outside a customer’s home, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of an Uber driver from the Bronx who he said was carrying more than two pounds of heroin and $5,200 in proceeds. Detectives from Musella’s office stopped 58-year-old Ramon Reyes in Fort Lee and found a hidden compartment in his 2009 Cadillac Escalade holding the drugs and money, the prosecutor said. A judge later released Reyes with conditions pending further court action on charges of possessing heroin for sale and mone…
Police & Fire
Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Uber Driver Had Illegal BB Gun Stashed Under Seat
Haworth police charged an Uber driver with weapons offenses after finding a BB gun that resembled the real thing in her car, authorities said Friday. Officer Kevin McKeary stopped a car driven by 23-year-old Karleen C. Rodriguez of Yonkers on Schraalenburgh Road for several motor vehicle violations, Detective Sgt. Justin Fox said. Smelling the odor of burning marijuana, he searched the vehicle, where he found the weapon stashed under the passenger seat, Fox said. Rodriguez couldn't explain why she had the weapon, which New Jersey requires a gun permit to purchase, the sergeant said. She w…
Police & Fire
Uber Driver Sexually Assaulted Female Fare In Alpine, Authorities Charge
Authorities armed with lab results arrested an Uber driver from Brooklyn who they said sexually assaulted a female fare in Alpine last year. Dearan Bennett, 36, remained held in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest Tuesday on sexual assault charges, records show. Alpine police responded to a 911 call of the assault last June 1, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday. Detectives from Calo’s Special Victims Unit and the Alpine Police Department investigated, leading to Bennett’s arrest. A judge on Wednesday ordered that Bennett remain held pending a detention hear…
Police & Fire
PIP Police: Rockland Man Beat Uber Driver, Tried To Choke Him With Seat Belt
A Rockland man beat and tried to choke an Uber driver, said Palisades Interstate Parkway police who arrested him. The 21-year-old driver from Haverstraw pulled over and alerted an officer who’d stopped another vehicle on the southbound PIP in Englewood Cliffs Friday night that he’d just been assaulted, Officer-in-Charge Lt. Jock Watkins Jr. said. Joseph P. Coyle, 44, of Stony Point had beaten him and tried to choke him with a seatbelt, the driver told the officer. Coyle was arrested on charges of aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a weapon, two counts of resisting arrest and tresp…
Police & Fire
Uber Driver Carjacked In Saddle Brook, 2 Caught After Crashing Another Car In Union County
An Uber driver was carjacked in Saddle Brook by two gunmen who also took his wallet, cash and cellphone before threatening to kill him if he didn't run, authorities said. Police in Newark had two suspects in custody and were searching for a third, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said Friday night. The New York victim said he’d just dropped off a fare on First Street near Outwater Lane and was checking his app for his next fare late Thursday when a dark-colored Mercedes drove up, Kugler said. Suddenly, he said, two occupants of that car opened the driver’s side door of his black 201…
Police & Fire
Fair Lawn PD: Late-Morning DWI Motorist Slams SUV Into Pole
A 56-year-old Fair Lawn woman registered three times the legal limit on a breath test late Tuesday morning after slamming her SUV into a utility pole, authorities said. The woman wasn’t seriously injured in the crash just after 11 a.m. on Plaza Road and Howard Avenue. She was released to a responsible adult after being charged and her Subaru Outback was to remain held for 12 hours, under John’s Law. “It is not worth it,” borough police said in a Facebook post. “Take an Uber or Lyft or some other means besides getting behind the wheel!” ****** ALSO SEE: A 17-year-old passenger was br…
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