HELL’S KITCHEN — An Uber passenger threw her driver’s tablet computer onto the floor and cracked its screen after he asked her to leave the car at her destination, the NYPD said.
The 45-year-old driver picked the woman up in The Bronx around 9 a.m. on Aug. 13 and drove her to a location on West 42nd Street between 10th and 11th avenues, police said.
When the driver asked the passenger to get out of the car, she “became annoyed,” grabbed his Samsung tablet from its car dock and threw it onto the floor, cracking the screen, the NYPD said.
The tablet sustained about $150 worth of damage, the driver told police.
Police hadn’t arrested the woman as of Wednesday.
An Uber spokeswoman on Thursday said the company had no data indicating that the incident occurred with the company.
Other notable crimes in Chelsea's 10th Precinct include:
► A 61-year-old homeless man was arrested after he punched a 52-year-old man in the face around 2 a.m. on Aug. 14 at the northeast corner of West 24th Street and Eighth Avenue, the NYPD said. The victim, who suffered bruising and lacerations to his right eye, nose and mouth, was taken to Lenox Hill Healthplex for treatment. His attacker was found sitting on the street at the location.
► A 30-year-old man driving a gray Hyundai Tucson was pulled over for driving through a red light with no headlights on at West 18th Street and Ninth Avenue around 2:40 a.m. on Aug. 13 and then colliding with a vehicle stopped in front of him, police said. When a police officer spoke to the man, he smelled like alcohol, his speech was slurred and his eyes were watery. The man told the police officer that he “came from the Ritz and… only had a couple drinks.” He was arrested after his blood alcohol level was found to be .159.
► A 27-year-old man was walking inside an intersection at West 23rd Street and Ninth Avenue around 2 p.m. on Aug. 12 when a vehicle traveling east on West 23rd Street made a right turn onto Ninth Avenue and struck him, police said. The man, who had no injuries and refused medical treatment, said the driver left the scene after hitting him.
► A woman shoved a 42-year-old woman to the ground inside a building on Ninth Avenue, between West 39th and West 40th streets, around 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 12, the NYPD said. The victim told police she had seen the woman outside of the building before and believed she might be homeless. The attacker fled the building in an unknown direction after the incident.
