Uber passenger arrested for trying to kidnap driver, police say

AnUberpassenger was as soon as arrested after pulling a gun on a driver in an are attempting to kidnap her, police said.

The suspect, 23-yr-stale Adam Salaz, was as soon as picked up in Carlsbad, Novel Mexico, Sunday on costs linked to the incident that occurred in Gargantuan Junction, Colorado.

The Uber driver had picked up a male passenger on Friday, Jan. 10, police said. As she was as soon as using, the passenger pulled a gun on her, annoying she pressure him to the barren uncover 22 situation, in preserving with a press initiate posted on the Gargantuan Junction Police Department’s websites.

The motive force jumped from the auto whereas it was as soon as silent in plug and escaped. The suspect drove off within the auto — a white 2019 Toyota C-HR. The victim suffered minor accidents, in preserving with the police’s assertion. The auto has but to be recovered.

Through an investigation, police known the suspect as Salaz. He is currently being held within the Eddy County Detention Center in Carlsbad, Novel Mexico.

Salaz’s most modern costs in Novel Mexico consist of resisting, evading or obstructing an officer (arrest) and concealing identification.

He’ll be extradited to Colorado at an unknown date, in preserving with Gargantuan Junction police.

Here’s the most modern in a troubling resolution of crimes and assaults inspiring Uber drivers and passengers. Concerns had been raised over the scurry-sharing service’s security, after an 84-page document released closing December, printed there had been nearly6,000 stories of sexual assaultfrom every riders and drivers all over the US in 2017 and 2018.

Total, riders accounted for 45% of the accused events. The document well-liked that some assaults occurred between riders.