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| Alfredo "Uber Piggyback Bandit" Ponce, 26, Gardena, Ca. |
"Uber Piggyback Bandit" Off The Streets.
4 AUG 2014--LOCAL--STREET BEAT
STORY BY LE CAVALIER
#01-002
Police Department has announced the
arrest of Alfredo Ponce, 26, of Gardena,
Ca., this past Saturday, on suspicion of
armed robbery, assault and battery,
kidnapping, and operating a fraudulant
taxi service.
Dubbed the "Uber Piggyback Bandit",
Ponce, lured in unsuspecting victims with
his makeshift Uber Taxi mustache formed
from the remaining hairs on the front of
his otherwise shaved head. Once he had
them on his back, he would strap them in
and run them to a hidden location where
he would commence to beat and rob
them.
His targets, consisted mainly of
tourists who found the notion of a friendly
piggyback ride through Hollywood too
good to pass up. "He was like those
guys running around in China pulling
those people carts--what a work ethic! I
wanted to support the ingenuity." said
one victim visiting from London who
requested to remain anonymous. Carol
Daugherty of Strawberry, Arkansas, was
severely beaten by Ponce. Sitting in the
emergency room with a fractured arm,
she had this to say, "When he turned left
after I told him to go right, I knew
something was fishy."
In all, 34 victims fell to Ponce before
he was finally arrested while getting touch
ups at the Supercuts on Hollywood Blvd and
Western Ave this past weekend. Many have
come forward identifying him as
the Uber Piggyback Bandit.
Uber public affairs office issued the following
written statement, "We don't do mustaches, that's LYFT!".
LYFT's response concerning fraudulent
mustaches was precise and poignant, "Our mustaches
are pink, furry, and hang from car grills, not
foreheads. We in no way condone
piggyback rides or any form of beastly
burden such as that exhibited by Mr. Ponce."
Ponce, who plans to plead 'not
guilty', is scheduled for arraignment on
Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. If convicted on all
charges, he could recieve 10 years in a
California state penatentary. Bail has
been set at 50,000 dollars.
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