According to an article recently published by the Chicago Sun-Times, Boanerges Lopez, a Lyft driver in the greater Chicago area, was arrested on April 25, 2021, for sexually assaulting an 19-year-old woman back in 2018. According to Cook County prosecutors, the victim was was hoping for a ride home after she was
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An article written by Ethan Baron of the Bay Area News Group reports that a Vallejo woman claims she was forced to flee out of the widow of her Lyft driver’s vehicle after he pulled into a dark lane, stopped the car, and locked the doors. Gsa Gsa Ward has filed a lawsuit
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On March, 18 we reported of the mistrial of Ismael Gaspar, a Lyft driver accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at a Palm Desert resort. In an update, on April, 1, Ismael Gaspar of Cathedral City pleaded guilty to one count each of burglary and committing lewd acts with a child under 14 years
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In September of 2019, we first reported on the arrest of Alfonso Alarcon Nunez, a former Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting or stealing from intoxicated women who had ordered rides or whom he had picked up in 2017 and 2018 in the Central California counties of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo.
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According to an article recently published on oxygen.com, Shapsly Bony Silencieux, an Uber driver in the Fort Lauderdale area, was arrested on March 14, 2021, for sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman. The victim was vacationing in Fort Lauderdale, when she ordered an Uber after spending an evening at an outdoor lounge and college bar
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The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office reports that trial proceedings for Ismael Gaspar, a Lyft driver accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at a Palm Desert resort, has been declared a mistrial. On the second day of jury selection at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Albert
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In a recent article by the Washington Post, it was reported that ride share companies Uber and Lyft will begin sharing data on driver deactivations related to assaults. This announcement came a year after the two companies agreed to take such measures. Before now, a driver banned from one platform for sexual
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In January of 2020, we reported on the arrest of Denver Area Lyft driver Tigistu Belete Ergo who stands accused of sexually assaulting a woman he was driving from Denver to Boulder back in 2018. In August of 2020, Ergo pleaded not guilty to second-degree kidnapping with a sexual offense and sexual assault.
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In February 2019, a woman under the pseudonym “Jane Roe 2” made the safe and responsible decision to take a rideshare after drinking. What should have been a normal, safe ride home, turned into a nightmare – one she keeps reliving. That night, her lyft driver raped her, and abandoned her in
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Estey & Bomberger was recently featured in an episode of Oxygen’s “The Dark Web Exposed”. You can watch episode 4 from season 2 titled “Rideshare Nighmares: Safety, Strangers and Sexual Assault” which features sexual assault victim advocate Olivia Zechinni and attorney Kristen Barton. You can watch the episode here on the Oxygen
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