An Uber driver with three women passengers was about to pick up a fourth passenger when two gunmen robbed him and the women in his car.
Two gunmen, one wearing a mask, robbed and Uber driver and three passengers early today in Linden. (NJ Advance Media file photo)LINDEN -- Two gunmen held-up a Uber driver and his three passengers early today, stealing cellphones, cash and credit cards, police said.
About 3 a.m., the driver, 33, of Newark, was riding with three women passengers, when he stopped to pick-up another passenger on the 1100 block of East Blancke Street, police Capt. James Sarnicki said.
He said the driver pulled up to the house and saw a woman sitting on the porch and believed she was the fare.
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However, two men, both armed with handguns, came out from a driveway, approached the car and told the driver to get out, Sarnicki said.
The driver turned over his cell phone to one gunman while the other stuck his head into the car and demanded the purses of the three passengers, Sarnicki said.
He said the three women, one a 29-year-old from the Bronx, N.Y., another, 21, from Guttenberg, and the third a 20-year-old from East Orange, turned over their purses containing cell phones, cash and credit cards.
The gunmen fled on foot, heading south on East Baltimore Avenue, police said. Officers checked the area but failed to locate any suspects.
The victims told police that one gunman wore Adidas sweatpants, and the other wore gloves and a white ski mask, authorities said.
Police are asking that anybody with information contact the Detective Bureau at (908) 474-8537.
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