Lady accused of carjacking Uber as a result of it was too gradual

A Texas girl was arrested after she allegedly carjacked her Uber driver as a result of they have been taking too lengthy to drop her off at her vacation spot.

Neusha Alexandra Afkami, 27, is going through expenses of unauthorised use of a automobile following the incident simply after midnight on Sunday. In response to an affidavit obtained by FOX7, Ms Afkami ordered an Uber from her lodge to Austin-Bergstrom Worldwide Airport.

The driving force informed officers with the Austin Police Division that Ms Afkami had expressed frustration the experience was taking so lengthy simply moments earlier than she forcibly grabbed his telephone and threw it out of the shifting automobile’s window.

When the motive force stopped and obtained out to retrieve the telephone, Ms Afkami allegedly obtained behind the wheel and drove away.

The Uber driver was left stranded on E Cesar Chavez going to Airport Blvd and alerted APD officers stationed on the airport.

The officers managed to arrest Ms Afkami earlier than she boarded her flight, and situated the automobile, a 2016 Chevrolet Cruz, in entrance of a terminal.

Ms Afkami can be accused of utilizing the motive force’s bank card to buy almost $120 value of things at an airport retailer.

When questioned by detectives in regards to the ordeal, she mentioned she had made the motive force conscious that, “[she] wanted to get to the airport, so [she was] going to take [the] automobile and drop it off at Southwest Airways.”

Ms Afkami was held at Travis County Jail earlier than posting a $10,000 bond, in line with information reviewed by The Unbiased.

She is anticipated to seem in court docket on 9 January.

In response to The Markup, greater than 120 Uber drivers have been the victims of carjackings or tried carjackings between 2020 and 2021. 5 of them have been killed throughout that interval.