SUIT: U BER DRIVER USED AP PTO FIND CUSTOMER’ S HOME, BEAT HIM
A lawsuit filed Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court accuses an Uber driver of using the company’s app to find a passenger’s home address so that he could wait for him to get home and attack him.
The suit, seeking unspecified damages, was filed by David Riordan, who said he requested an Uber to take him home about 2 a. m. Dec. 18, 2016 after leaving a party, according to court documents.
When Uber driver Muntsr Abuseini arrived at the intersection of Damen and Division to pick him up, Riordan said Abuseini became aggressive toward him and kicked him out of the car, according to the suit. Abuseini then got out of the car and punched Riordan in the face.
Riordan went to a friend’s home and reported the incident to Uber about 2: 30 a. m.
The suit said that when Riordan got to his home in Logan Square, Abuseini attacked him from behind and hit him in the head with a metal baton.
According to the suit, Abuseini told Riordan “Don’t f— with Uber drivers,” during the attack.
Abuseini has been charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, according to police.
Uber declined to comment on the suit, but a spokeswoman said Abuseini’s “access to the driver app was removed after this incident.” Matthew Hendrickson
Suit: Teen on electronic monitoring sexually assaulted woman
A woman is suing Cook County because she was sexually assaulted by a 15- year- old boy while he was on electronic homemonitoring last year, claiming the county released the boy to try and save money.
The suit, filed Thursday in Cook County Circuit Court, seeks more than $ 100,000 in damages from the county and from Sentinel, the company that sold its electronic ankle bracelets and tracking software to the county.
The 34- year- old woman was sexually assaulted and robbed by three boys— ages 12, 15, and 16— who entered her home about 11 p. m. on Sept. 14, 2016, according to Chicago Police.
The 15- year- old had been released from custody on house arrest while awaiting trial on unspecified felony charges at the time of the attack, according to the suit.
The teen “left his home while wearing his electronic ankle monitoring bracelet for more than four hours” before her assault and robbery, the suit says. Matthew Hendrickson
Man fatally shot while walking home fromwork
Aman was shot to death while walking home fromhis job at a popular West Town bakery early Wednesday.
About 2: 24 a. m., 49- yearold Aristeo Soriano Pastrana was walking in the 1300 block of West Huron, according to Chicago Police. Family members said he was returning home from D’Amato Bakery, where he had worked for more than 20 years.
As he was walking, a male suspect walked up, pulled out a weapon and shot him, according to police.