Uber Drivers Robbed by Riders in Jamaica Plain

JAMAICA PLAIN, MA - Two Uber drivers in Jamaica Plain were robbed by their passengers early Wednesday morning.

Both incidents were reported within an hour of each other and involved the family of one of the drivers being threatened, police told the Boston Globe.

The first incident - reported shortly after midnight - occurred after a driver picked up two men on Dewey Street in Dorchester. After asking to be driven to the 200 block of Centre Street, they altered the route and requested that they be dropped off on Bickford Street.

Once the car stopped on Bickford Street, one of the men slapped the driver in the back of the head and stole his white Samsung Galaxy 4 and its holder before fleeing the scene, police told the Globe.

The second incident was reported around 12:51 a.m. and involved three men, one of whom threatened to shoot the driver's family, according to police.

The men told the driver to drop them off on Bickford Street, not far from where the first robbery was reported. Once there, one of the suspects grabbed the driver's arms and placed an object to his head that he believed to be a gun, police said.

They stole the driver's prescription eyeglasses, wallet, LG Android cell phone and Garmin GPS device. Before running off, one of the men allegedly turned to the driver and said he "would come to his house and shoot him and his family if he tries anything," police told the Globe.

Neither driver sought medical attention.

Meanwhile the investigation remains open; so far no arrests have been made.

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