Number 9 Albert Boakye
On June the 26th of 2021, country singer Clare Dunn called a Lyft for herself and a friend,
after a girls’ night out in Nashville, Tennessee. The 34-year-old artist had been recording in
the city and, after spending some time with her friends, she and another woman decided to share a
ride home at around midnight. After Dunn’s friend was dropped off, the singer asked the driver,
Albert Boakye, to take a slower route to her home, in order to avoid the highway. However,
the 46-year-old man missed her turn and Dunn asked where he was going before instructing him to get
back on the route she’d requested earlier. Instead of complying, the driver became agitated and began
yelling at her in broken English. As Dunn was scrambling to find her phone and call the police,
Boakye pulled the car over. The man, reported as weighing around 250 pounds on a 6’ 3” frame,
reached into the back seat, grabbed the singer by the neck and dragged her out of the car.
He threw Dunn on the ground face-first, then got back to his car and drove off. The artist
sustained minor injuries to her head in the altercation, including bruises and lacerations,
but eventually managed to call authorities. They issued a warrant for Boakye’s arrest after
Dunn had provided them with his photo from the ridesharing app. The driver was booked at Davidson
County Jail on misdemeanor assault charges and later released on a $1,000 bond. He was
permanently removed as a driver from Lyft and his legal case was ongoing as of the latest updates.
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Number 8 Dandre Lorenz Powell On May the 10th of 2021, Lyft driver
Paul Liao was washing his BMW at a gas station in El Monte, east of downtown Los Angeles,
California. After the 67-year-old driver had finished and while he was waiting for his next
fare, Dandre Lorenz Powell entered his vehicle with a mask on his face. The 26-year-old pointed
a handgun at Liao, demanding cash, before reaching to the front of the car to take his cellphone from
the dashboard. He even reportedly asked the Taiwanese man about his ethnic background,
which would later raise suspicions that his actions had been racially motivated.
On the camera the driver had installed inside his vehicle, the attacker was seen pointing the gun at
his head several times and even hitting him with it, twice, before exiting the car. Liao’s glasses
were knocked off and he was left bleeding from his nose following the strikes. Powell, whose mask had
slipped from his face during the robbery, made off with roughly $1,500. According to Liao’s daughter,
the driver had just earned the money from another job. Powell had also wanted to steal the car but
Liao managed to convince him that he wouldn’t be able to drive the keyless BMW. The dashcam video
proved vital in identifying the robber who was arrested 10 days later, on May the 20th,
with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service, during a traffic stop in Paramount.
His bail was set at $2 million and he faced charges of first-degree robbery,
elder abuse during commission of a violent crime, felon in possession of a firearm
and felon in possession of ammunition. Number 7 Dushaundra Lee Ward
Lyft driver Dushaundra Lee Ward was driving passengers around Memphis, Tennessee,
on June the 1st of 2022, without realizing she was being followed. When the 43-year-old
stopped at a red light, the occupants from a car that had been trailing hers since she’d
left the pick-up spot approached the vehicle and opened fire. While Ward’s passengers managed to
get out and run away from the scene, the driver was fatally wounded. The woman, a mother-of-six,
had started working for the ridesharing service only a week earlier. Following her death,
Ward’s brother expressed a belief that the passengers, none of whom were named,
had been the attackers’ intended targets. Memphis Police launched an investigation into the matter
while Lyft released a statement saying they were working with law enforcement to combat violence
and keep their drivers safe. No arrests were made in the immediate aftermath but, in mid-June,
the police released photos of a vehicle suspected to have been involved in the deadly ambush.
Number 6 Andy Van Pham 30-year-old Lyft driver Andy
Van Pham picked up a passenger in his 70s, early on the morning of April the 4th of 2021. During
the ride through Tustin, California, the driver allegedly fell asleep behind the wheel. He was
consequently no longer in control of the car and crashed into a light pole, in the area of Jamboree
Road and Patriot Way. His elderly passenger, whose identity wasn’t disclosed, suffered traumatic
injuries and didn’t survive the accident. Pham was arrested without incident a few weeks later
after the police determined he’d been driving with negligence resulting in the death of his
passenger. He was taken into custody on charges of manslaughter, possession of drug paraphernalia,
providing false information to a police officer and making an unsafe turn or lane change.
Number 5 Eduardo Madiedo On May the 21st of 2019, Eduardo
Madiedo was driving two passengers to Mount Sinai Hospital in Astoria, Queens, New York City. The
male passenger, George Catalano, was moaning in pain for several minutes while being held
by an older female passenger, later identified as his mother. During the ride, 36-year-old
Catalano removed his shirt and used profanities while demanding that Madiedo drive faster. The
Lyft driver warned him not to be disrespectful, claiming that he’d otherwise have to stop and
ask them to exit the car. Catalano reacted by punching him in the back of the head repeatedly,
as the car was still moving. The dashcam-recorded attack occurred during rush hour traffic
and Madiedo struggled to maintain control of his vehicle while he was being struck. The passenger
then lunged forward, trying to get into the front seat, and grabbed Madiedo by his neck while
yelling at him. The latter eventually managed to pull over and Catalano got out of the car, only
to then walk to the driver’s side door and try to punch Madiedo through his open window. After the
video was released, Catalano surrendered to the police and admitted to the attack. He was charged
with reckless endangerment and assault. According to police records, he had eight prior arrests,
the oldest of which dated back to 2003. Lyft also took measures following the incident, permanently
banning the passenger from the ride-sharing app. Number 4 Dontarius Magee
36-year-old Lyft driver Brandy Littrell was called to pick up teenager Dontarius
Magee from Spring Lake Apartments in Byram, Mississippi, on November the 2nd of 2021.
She drove him to another apartment building in Jackson but, upon arriving at the destination,
Magee held the woman at gunpoint. The teenager forced her to get in the backseat of her Dodge
Journey, took over the vehicle and drove her to a wooded area off Beasley Road. He then demanded
that she tell him the PIN number to her phone and debit cards. Magee also asked how much money she
had in the bank and about her home address. Even though Littrell had complied with all his demands,
Magee then forced her to crawl into the woods and opened fire, hitting her seven times. The teenager
fled with the woman’s garage door opener and car keys, while she was left bleeding in the woods.
After she’d waited a few minutes for her attacker to leave, Littrell started fearing for the life of
her grandmother, who was at her home at that time. She gathered her strength and ran to a nearby
apartment where she asked for help. Littrell was subsequently rushed to a nearby hospital with
life-threatening injuries. As she later told a media outlet, she survived “by the grace of God”
and started recovering from her multiple gunshot wounds. In the aftermath, Magee was located and
arrested by Jackson law enforcement on charges of carjacking, kidnapping and aggravated assault.
Number 3 Kevyn Rojas On February the 27th of 2022,
Lyft driver Kevyn Rojas picked up a female tourist from a bar in Miami Beach, Florida. The woman,
whose identity wasn’t released, wanted to return to her hotel after becoming physically ill from
consuming too much alcohol. During the ride, she fell asleep in the backseat of 28-year-old Rojas’
car. She awoke upon hearing the ping indicating she’d reached her destination but Rojas drove
past her hotel. The woman would later report that he then found a place to park the car and got into
the backseat with her. Rojas took advantage of the fact that she was too inebriated to fight him off,
lifted her dress and abused her. He then drove the victim back to the hotel, at which point she
immediately called the police to report the assault. The Lyft driver was arrested on a
charge of sexual battery of a helpless victim and faced a sentence of up to 40 years in prison.
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Number 2 Reiona Oliver 27-year-old rapper Reiona Oliver,
who performed as GameOva Reedy, booked a Lyft ride that would ultimately result in her arrest,
on April the 23rd of 2019. When the driver reached her home in Chalmette, Louisiana, the woman left
her 5-year-old son alone in the vehicle with the destination set for his school in New Orleans. The
driver told her that he couldn’t accept a child who wasn’t accompanied by an adult as a fare,
but Oliver refused to take her son out of the car. She reportedly turned around,
walked back inside her home and didn’t return. Instead of taking the child to school, however,
the driver decided to bring him to a Sheriff’s Office substation, in Arabi, and report the mother
for leaving him alone in his car. Oliver tried to defend her actions by claiming she hadn’t been
feeling well upon calling the Lyft, adding that she hadn’t known about the ride sharing service’s
policy regarding children. The rapper, who was also wanted on two outstanding traffic warrants,
was arrested on child desertion charges and booked into the St. Bernard Parish jail.
Number 1 Alessandra Starr Ward On November the 19th of 2020, British
model and actress Alessandra Starr Ward was on a Lyft ride in Los Angeles, California. She started
listening to a song on her phone, when the driver asked her to turn off the music. Ward refused and
started arguing with the unidentified man who then threatened to physically remove her from the car.
The actress claimed she’d call the police if he were to do so but the driver then parked the
car and pulled her out of the vehicle, along with her belongings. Ward tried to fight back, but the
driver then violently threw her onto the ground. Other motorists stopped their cars and intervened
to stop the altercation. The Lyft driver didn’t relent from his attack on the much smaller victim
until another man put him in a chokehold. The incident was caught on surveillance cameras,
as the ride-sharing service car was parked along Melrose Avenue. Ward was taken to the hospital
with a concussion, a black eye, a sprained ankle and bruises. In the harrowing attack’s aftermath,
the driver was cited for misdemeanor battery. Thanks for watching! Would you share a Lyft with
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