Crime & Safety
Branford Uber Driver Assaulted Passenger, Police Say: Report
Police said the man groped a female passenger several times while driving on I-95.

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Branford man driving for Uber was accused of groping and assaulting a female passenger by state police Monday, reports the Connecticut Post. Wael Salem, 50, allegedly grabbed the chest of a 22-year-old woman and twisted her chest, causing the woman's piercing to bleed.
The woman and her two girlfriends had been riding in Salem's car southbound on I-95 Saturday night when he began to admire her chest, before reaching over and grabbing her chest.
Salem allegedly gave the woman's chest another squeeze before dropping her off. Salem claimed the women in the car had been discussing chest sizes, but denied touching any of them.
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