The rideshare driver gave investigators an account supporting the injured passenger’s description of the confrontation, according to authorities.

MIAMI, Fla. — What began as a Monday-night Uber trip from a Miami-area hotel ended with one passenger receiving hospital treatment and another facing a felony charge after an argument over drinking beer inside the vehicle, according to authorities. Police accused 32-year-old Lynn Marie Zamora of stabbing her male friend twice with a pair of scissors during the July 13 ride.

The allegations are laid out in an arrest report cited by several South Florida news organizations and Law&Crime. The friend told investigators that he and Zamora were traveling to another friend’s home after being picked up from the Best Western Plus Kendall Hotel & Suites. During the ride, he said, Zamora wanted to drink a beer. He repeatedly told her that she could not consume alcohol inside the Uber, and investigators say the disagreement escalated from there. The rideshare driver later gave deputies an account that supported the basic sequence described by the injured man, providing investigators with a second witness to what happened inside the car.

The driver’s account is important because much of the incident unfolded inside a moving vehicle with only a small number of people present. According to the arrest affidavit cited by WSVN, the driver told investigators that he had picked up Zamora and the man from a hotel and that an argument began during the trip. The friend told deputies that Zamora became irritated as he continued telling her that she could not drink the beer in the vehicle. Authorities have not publicly released the full affidavit through the reports reviewed for this article, and the allegations against Zamora have not been proven in court.

Investigators say the dispute then turned violent. The friend reported that Zamora took a pair of scissors from her purse and stabbed him twice. Reports based on the arrest document describe injuries to his left bicep and left calf. The available accounts do not indicate that the Uber driver was physically injured. After the confrontation, the driver stopped the vehicle, and the driver and injured passenger got out. A 911 call brought law enforcement to the area of Southwest 137th Avenue and Southwest 74th Street in southwest Miami-Dade County, where deputies began taking statements about what had happened during the ride.

The injured man was transported for emergency medical care. WSVN reported that he received medical staples for the wounds, while Law&Crime said the injuries were considered non-life-threatening. Authorities have not publicly identified the man in the reports reviewed for this article. Police also have not released additional medical information or described any lasting effects from the injuries. Those limits are significant because the criminal charge centers not only on the alleged physical contact but also on prosecutors’ assertion that a deadly weapon was involved. The available reporting does not establish that Zamora has entered a plea to the allegation.

Police took Zamora into custody after the incident. Law&Crime reported that she did not give investigators a statement and was taken to the Hammocks police station. She was later booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Authorities charged her with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Under Florida law, aggravated battery can include a battery in which a person uses a deadly weapon. It is classified as a second-degree felony under the statute. The filing of that charge is an accusation, and the state would still have to prove the elements of the offense through the court process unless the case is resolved in another lawful way.

The dispute that investigators say preceded the stabbing involved conduct that Uber itself prohibits. The company’s community guidelines state that open containers of alcohol are not allowed while using its platform and instruct riders not to bring an open alcoholic drink into a vehicle. Florida law separately prohibits a passenger from possessing an open container of alcohol or consuming alcohol in a vehicle being operated in the state. An open container is generally defined by the statute as an alcoholic beverage container that can immediately be consumed from or whose seal has been broken. The available arrest-report accounts do not say whether Zamora actually opened or began drinking the beer before the argument turned violent.

Uber also responded directly after the arrest became public. In a statement reported by NBC 6 South Florida, the company called the alleged conduct alarming and said the rider had been banned from its platform. Uber also said it was prepared to assist law enforcement with the investigation. The company’s response placed the case beyond an ordinary dispute between two passengers: the driver was operating on a platform with its own safety and alcohol rules, and investigators say the driver’s firsthand account helped corroborate the injured passenger’s report. Nothing in the available reporting suggests the driver was accused of wrongdoing.

The case drew additional attention when Zamora appeared before a judge following her arrest. A judge found probable cause and set bond at $7,500, according to WSVN. During the proceeding, a defense attorney sought hospital treatment for Zamora. The publicly available reports do not provide a diagnosis or disclose the medical basis for that request, so the nature of the treatment sought has not been established. Prosecutors opposed releasing her from custody under the circumstances and raised her existing criminal record as part of their argument to the court.

Prosecutors told the judge that Zamora was already on probation in a separate case involving a battery conviction against a person age 65 or older. News reports of the hearing also referred to other prior assault- and battery-related convictions and a conviction involving tampering with an electronic monitor. NBC 6 reported that a prosecutor characterized Zamora as a flight risk while arguing for a monetary bond. Those prior matters are separate from the Uber case and do not establish whether she committed the new offense. Their immediate relevance was procedural: the court was considering her custodial status while she was already under supervision in another case.

The judge ordered that Zamora remain in custody at that stage of the proceedings. Early reports listed Aug. 12 as her next scheduled court date. That date has now passed, but publicly indexed reporting located for this article did not establish the outcome of that proceeding or provide a verified current disposition of the aggravated-battery case. No conviction in the Uber case was identified in the sources reviewed. The central allegation therefore remains what it was in the arrest report: police say a disagreement over a beer during a rideshare trip escalated into an attack with scissors, while the criminal charge against Zamora remains subject to the court process.

Author note: Last updated Aug. 22, 2026.