NYC Uber passenger shocks driver with Taser, steals wallet before taking off on foot: NYPD

NYPD officials are searching for a dangerous woman who attacked her Uber driver with a Taser before stealing his money and ID and taking off. 

According to officials with the New York Police Department, the unidentified woman pulled out a Taser, shocked the driver, and stole his wallet from the vehicle's center console during a trip.

The incident happened around 1.30am on November 13  when the 55-year-old driver picked up the woman near East 102nd Street and 1st Avenue on the Upper East Side.

The woman had requested a drop off at West 9th Street and 6th Avenue in Greenwich Village before the situation turned scary upon arrival at the destination. 

When the Uber driver pulled up to the address, the woman reportedly told the driver 'look at me' before she pulled out the weapon and shocked him in the right shoulder multiple times. 

This is the woman who attacked her Uber driver in Greenwich Village in November 

Police say the unknown woman pulled out a Taser and shocked the man several times in the shoulder before stealing his wallet from the center console and running off

According to police, the driver at one point told the woman he was planning to call 911, she responded: 'You can call whoever you want.' 

The woman took off on foot, heading east on West 9th Street. 

Inside the Uber driver's wallet was $375 cash, his credit cards, and his personal ID, police said. 

The man refused medical attention from police and EMS at the scene.  

The woman was seen in surveillance footage at a McDonald's in Midtown. Inside that restaurant, she used one of the driver's stolen credit cards to make a purchase. 

The suspect is described as a black female, roughly 25-years-old, with black dreadlocks. She is 5 feet 5 inches tall and 125 pounds. 

This is the intersection where the unidentified woman Tasered her Uber driver before robbing him 

The Uber driver refused medical treatment, according to NYPD officials

The woman was last seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt with a white Nike logo on the front, black pants, black shoes and carrying a large white bag.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website HERE or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

The incident also comes just days after an innocent Uber driver was brutally attacked in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

Police said a man who 'woke up and decided to kill someone' brutally stabbed his Uber driver Thursday as she was dropping him off at a hotel. 

Brandon Jacobs, 29, also posted video of the victim, Yolanda Dillon, 54, dying to his Facebook page.  

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph LoPinto said that there was no motive except mindless violence: 'He woke up yesterday morning and decided he was going to kill someone.' 

Brandon Jacobs, 29, was staying at the hotel an ordered and Uber with the intention of targeting whomever showed up, police said

Yolanda Dillon, 54, was dropping off a passenger at a Travelodge in Harvey on Thursday afternoon at around 3 p.m. when she was attacked

The latest incident also comes amid a shocking crime wave in New York City. 

Statistics released in November show overall crime is up 29.1 percent in New York City from last year, with felony assaults, rapes and robberies all up double digits. Murders are down 14.8 percent and shootings are down 12.5 percent.

Felony assaults are also up nearly 14 percent, with police recording 22,319 cases so far this year, and rapes have increased by nearly 11 percent.

Murders and the number of shooting victims were down 14.4 and 13.6 percent respectively.

The city's transit system appears to be bearing the brunt of surging crime, with about 1,865 reports so far in 2022, a 41.7 percent spike from last year.

Crime in New York City has been running rampant, up overall by 31.8 per cent on last year, with robbery up a shocking 35.5 per cent