A 27-year-old rideshare driver was arrested on April 14 for robbing a passenger in Vila Mariana, south São Paulo. The incident occurred on April 8, when the man took R$ 500 in cash from the woman in an alleged exchange for a Pix transfer and fled with the car, dragging the passenger for about 300 meters.
The case was registered as robbery with serious bodily injury and police were able to locate the vehicle through the Muralha Paulista system, a state government program that monitors suspicious vehicles through interconnected surveillance cameras.
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The driver is 27 years old and was arrested on Tuesday, April 14
The crime occurred on the morning of April 8 in Vila Mariana, south São Paulo
The passenger arranged to exchange R$ 500 in cash for a Pix transfer
The driver accelerated the car to flee after receiving the money, before making the transfer
The woman was dragged for about 300 meters and suffered injuries
The case was registered at the 36th Police District as robbery with serious bodily injury
Police located the vehicle in Vila Amália, north zone, and arrested the driver
The crime was recorded by monitoring cameras from startup Gabriel
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The car was located through the Muralha Paulista system, a state government program
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