Lyft Driver with a suspended license charged with multiple felonies after fleeing from MNPD Officers during attempted traffic stop for blocking traffic, nearly hits another officer & pedestrians with vehicle at Monday night’s Predator’s hockey game downtown. Nashville Lyft Driver Joseph Lamberson (“Joe”) was dropping off passengers at Monday night’s Predator’s game at Bridgestone Arena when MNPD observed him blocking traffic on Demonbreun St west bound. A Uniformed MNPD officer directed him to pull into the center lane, at which time the Lyft driver, Joe Lamberson, accelerated at a high…
Tag: uber
Uber/Lyft Drivers Ridicule Muslim Driver for Praying at Nashville Airport Waiting Area
Uber drivers are independent contractors, not company employees, so they have a lot of wiggle room in the ‘co-workers’ concept – because they have no co-workers, as they are their own boss, simply sharing a ride-hailing platform. So when they do something that in any regular job would land you sitting across from an HR manager, and likely a security escort to clean out your desk, there is often no equivalent action in the world of independent contracting. But what was witnessed Thursday, as ride-share drivers ridiculed and made fun…
Nashville Lyft Driver Kicks ‘Poor’ Passengers Out of BMW, says “How in the heck could they afford a premium ride” – on Thanksgiving Day
Angie Higgins is a Lyft Driver and first female Commander of VFW Post 5064, and on Thanksgiving evening around 4PM she got a request for a Lyft Premier ride, and she traveled to the passenger’s pick up location, which was a hotel in Murfreesboro, no different than a hundred other similar rides every day in the nashville Lyft market. The ride was estimated to be about 45 minutes. Except she ended the ride and dumped her passengers at a gas station shortly after picking them up. What did she have…
Michael Oher Settles Out Of Court w/Uber Driver – (up to $750,000) – Criminal Charge Dismissed
Former Tennessee Titan, Michael Oher, had all charges dismissed this morning in a Nashville court, where he had been charged with misdemeanor assault against an Uber driver in the early morning hours of April 14. According to a police affidavit, Oher pushed and kicked his Uber driver over an apparent dispute over the fare. The 911 audio call is available here. In court documents obtained, Oher was sued by the Uber driver, Girma Berkessa, for up to $250,000 in compensatory damages, and $500,000 in punitive damages. The exact amount of the settlement…
Nashville Lyft Driver calls 911 on Black Passenger Who Refuses to Give $5 Cash Tip
Nashville Lyft driver Lee Lazarus was driving for Lyft when he picked up a passenger earlier this month in Nashville. He picked up the passenger at the Airport, and the passenger needed to stop and get liquor and cigarettes, a very common request for someone just coming into town, and Lyft even allows for stops to be added, and recommends they stay under 10 minutes to be considerate of the driver’s time (drivers do get paid for this time, just at a lower rate than if they were driving). UPDATE:…
Nashville Uber Driver Posts Pickup Address Online After Passenger Complaint Against Him
Tom Dueringer, who has been driving for Uber for about 17 months, was driving his 2016 Ford Focus Friday night when he got a ping to pick up passengers in East Nashville. Due to the ongoing road closures due to construction, a slightly longer route had to be taken to their Donelson destination. Due to this, or other reasons, Dueringer received a notice that he had complaints on his professionalism and safety. He determines, in his mind, that it must be from these particular passengers, and posts their pickup address…
Woman Urinates in Nashville Uber – Driver Gets $80 for His Troubles
Travis Clark was just starting his night of driving for Uber Friday night in Nashville, when around 7PM his first ride was a nice female rider in her fifties, on a ride that lasted about 40 minutes. Clark even says there was great conversation along the way. Everything was going well until she got out of his car at her destination. His passenger seat was covered in urine. Not a drip. Not a drop. Not a dribble. Saturated in Urine. And as she separated herself from the seat, the smell…
Meet Uber Driver Alan Lamb & His Charges: 3 Assaults, 2 Harassments, 3 Drugs, & More…
Would get in an Uber with someone that had plead guilty to an assault charge? how about an assault with physical contact? how about an assault w/threat of bodily injury? What if they had had plead guilty of drug possession, and three probation violations? Now let’s add on charges for 2 more drug possessions, 2 more harassment charges. a driving on a suspended license, speeding, and no insurance? let’s add a state citation for illegal gambling. Despite background checks, it appears this person drives for Uber as a rideshare driver.…
FELONY ARREST: Nashville Uber/Lyft Driver Rams Girlfriend’s Car, Pulls Her Out, Assaults Her. Meet Eddy ‘William’ Crawford
Early Sunday morning, officers arrested Eddie William Crawford and charged him with Felony Assault, Aggravated – Deadly Weapon – Int/Kn (39-13-102(a)(1)(A)*10). Crawford admits, from a police affidavit, that he was upset with his girlfriend for going out and wanted her to come/stay home. While she was in the passenger seat of her vehicle, on 7th St in East Nashville, he rammed his vehicle into hers, then exited his vehicle, and pulled his girlfriend out of her vehicle and began to assault her. Bystanders notified MNPD who arrested Crawford, and filed the…
Lyft Driver Arrested for Stealing Passenger’s Purse in Nashville
During Nashville’s CMA Fest week in June, rideshare drivers from nearby cities came to Nashville to make some extra cash and help with the projected spike us of rideshare services such as Uber & Lyft. Keleian Dawson, a Memphis resident, was driving in Nashville for Lyft during this week. When he picked up a passenger from Winner’s bar on Division St – he is reported to have kept more than just his fare. According to police reports from the MNPD, he stole his rider’s purse when she fell asleep in his…