Crime & Safety
2 Women Posing As Uber Drivers Rob, Beat Passenger In Buckhead: Report
Two women posing as Uber drivers were arrested after allegedly robbing and beating a passenger in Buckhead, according to news reports.
ATLANTA, GA -- Two women posing as Uber drivers got a man inside their car then robbed and choked him, Patch has learned. The incident happened on Pharr Road in Buckhead at the Chrevon, according to news reports.
The victim got into the vehicle at a nearby bar and was whisked into the gas station -- that's when he realized that he wasn't in an Uber. When he tried to leave, a woman in the backseat put him in a chokehold while the driver proceeded to go through his pockets, according to WSB-TV. (To get notified of more local news like this, click here to sign up for the Buckhead Patch. Or find your Atlanta-area town here. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)
A witness told local media that the incident was shocking to see. “The two girls were hitting the guy really hard,” Elaheh Kheirbakash told the TV station. “It got worse and worse, so I decided to call the police."
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POLICE: Dorothy McGlathery + Sharon Jacobs were arrested for attacking + strangling a man they tried to rob. More @ 11 @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/U7zJcl2Npn
— Nefertiti Jáquez (@NefertitiWSB) July 11, 2017
Sharon Jacobs and Dorothy McGlathery were arrested a short time later, the station reports.
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