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Man Charged For Killing Uber Driver, PA Mom Of 4: Police Man Charged For Killing Uber Driver, PA Mom Of 4: Police
Man Charged For Killing Uber Driver, PA Mom Of 4: Police A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a mother of four who was found dead days after she went missing while driving for Uber, according to the Allegheny County police. Calvin Anthony Crew, 22, of Penn Hills, Pittsburgh, has been charged with homicide, according to an updated release by the police. Christina “Christi” Marto Spicuzza, 38, of Turtle Creek, had been missing since Thursday, Feb. 10, when Monroeville police were called to the 500 block of Rosecrest Drive in Allegheny County on Saturday— where her body was found with a single gunshot wound to the head, police s…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Uber Driver, Mom Of Four Found Dead In PA Uber Driver, Mom Of Four Found Dead In PA
Uber Driver, Mom Of Four Found Dead In PA A mother of four who did not return from her work as an Uber driver was found dead in Pennsylvania on Saturday, according to the police. Christina “Christi” Marto Spicuzza, 38, of Turtle Creek, had been missing since Thursday, Feb. 10. Two days later, the Monroeville police were called to the 500 block of Rosecrest Drive in Allegheny County around noon for a body discovery — later identified as that of Spicuzza's, authorities said in an updated release. The victim's family had reported her as missing on Friday after she “failed to return home after taking several Uber fares on Thursday ni…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Uber Refunds Passenger $600 After Getting Stranded On I-95 For Hours Uber Refunds Passenger $600 After Getting Stranded On I-95 For Hours
Uber Refunds Passenger $600 After Getting Stranded On I-95 For Hours Uber has refunded a $600 bill a Virginia man was slapped with after he got stuck on I-95 due to snow, according to People. Andrew Peters flew in from San Francisco to Dulles International Airport but said he "didn't really realize" how bad the weather was going to be on Jan. 3. He ordered an Uber and ended up getting stuck on the snow-packed I-95 for 9 hours with his driver and was eventually charged a $600 bill for the ordeal, as was originally reported by WTOP. After the story went viral, People magazine reached out to Uber who confirmed that Peters would be refunded for the experience: …

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Uber Passenger Slapped With $600 Bill After Hours Stranded On I-95 Uber Passenger Slapped With $600 Bill After Hours Stranded On I-95
Uber Passenger Slapped With $600 Bill After Hours Stranded On I-95 A Virginia Uber passenger ended up paying hundreds of dollars after the car he was in got stranded on I-95 due to snow, according to WTOP. Andrew Peters, of Richmond Virginia, told the station he was going home after arriving from San Francisco at Dulles International Airport and was clueless of the weather nightmare he was going to encounter. “It was kind of scary,” Peters told WTOP. “We didn’t have any food or water.” He finally made it home after a grueling nine hours and paid a $200 Uber bill. But --  to add insult to injury -- Peters said Uber added $400 in additional charges…

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by Joe Gomez
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Bucks Pedestrian Crossing Street To Catch Uber Struck, Killed By Car: Police Bucks Pedestrian Crossing Street To Catch Uber Struck, Killed By Car: Police
Bucks Pedestrian Crossing Street To Catch Uber Struck, Killed By Car: Police A pedestrian attempting to catch an Uber with friends was struck and killed by a car Wednesday night in Bucks County, authorities said. The man was crossing North Sycamore Street in Newtown Township around 11 p.m. to catch an Uber when he was fatally struck by another driver, local police said. The offending driver remained on scene, according to police. The victim has not yet been identified publicly. The street was closed for several hours in both directions from Silo Drive to Durham Road, police said. The investigation is ongoing. This story will be updated as new informatio…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Uber Driver Wanted For Locking Woman In Car Until She Gave Her Number: Police Uber Driver Wanted For Locking Woman In Car Until She Gave Her Number: Police
Uber Driver Wanted For Locking Woman In Car Until She Gave Her Number: Police Authorities in southeastern Pennsylvania are looking for an Uber driver who is accused of locking a woman in his car and forcing himself on her until she agreed to give him her phone number. On Dec. 13, an arrest warrant was issued for Maher Abdelga-Elmeleh, 42, on charges of indecent assault, harassment, and false imprisonment, Marple Township police said. Investigators allege Abdelga-Elmeleh picked up the woman in October and drove her to her destination in Broomall.  When the passenger arrived in Broomall, she was unable to get out of the car because the door was locked, police sai…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole
Feds: NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 8 Years Without Parole A Union County man who dragged a female Uber driver from her vehicle and threw her to the ground during a carjacking must spend the next seven years in federal prison. Rakeem McNair, 22, of Roselle, joined Raquin Tanner, 26, of Newark in taking a deal from the government rather than risk trial. Both he and Tanner -- who got 6½ years -- must serve out just about all of their plea-bargained sentences because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The victim was in the driver’s seat of her parked car on Summer Avenue in Newark around 11 p.m. Aug. 13, 2019 when Tanner, McNair and anot…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Reports: DWI NJ Driver Wanted In Deadly Philly Uber Crash Nabbed By US Marshals Reports: DWI NJ Driver Wanted In Deadly Philly Uber Crash Nabbed By US Marshals
Reports: DWI NJ Driver Wanted In Deadly Philly Uber Crash Nabbed By US Marshals A South Jersey man accused of driving drunk and causing the crash that killed a 21-year-old Uber passenger in Philadelphia was nabbed by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Monday morning, authorities said. Aaron Sims, 27, of Camden, was arrested in West Philadelphia after being on the run more than a year, and charged in the Jan. 25, 2020 death of West Virginia University student Chloe Robertson, 6abc reports. Robertson was riding in an Uber while visiting friends in the Delaware Valley when the Uber was rear-ended by a speeding vehicle on the Vine Street Expressway around 1:10 a.m. Sims…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Philadelphia Mom, 27, Accused Of Selling Fentanyl To MontCo Man Who OD'd On Uber Ride Home Philadelphia Mom, 27, Accused Of Selling Fentanyl To MontCo Man Who OD'd On Uber Ride Home
Philadelphia Mom, 27, Accused Of Selling Fentanyl To MontCo Man Who OD'd On Uber Ride Home A 27-year-old Philadelphia mom is accused of selling fentanyl and other drugs to a 33-year-old man who died in an Uber ride to his Montgomery County home from the drug deal last June, authorities said. Jessica Lopez of Kensington is being charged with drug delivery resulting in death for the June 15, 2020 overdose death of Matthew Warren, in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele, and Lower Merion Township Police Superintendent Michael J. McGrath said. The driver told police he had picked up Warren on East Sterner Street in the Kensington section of Phila…

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by Nicole Acosta