Police say officers arrested a 26-year-old man minutes after the wreck and booked him on battery-related charges.
MIAMI, FL — An Uber driver told police a passenger sexually groped her as she turned onto a dark street in Little Havana early Saturday, causing her to lose control and crash just before 2 a.m. near Southwest Sixth Avenue and Seventh Street. Officers detained a suspect found a few blocks away, according to a police summary.
The case jolted a busy neighborhood where late-night drivers and pedestrians often share tight streets. Police said the woman’s car and another vehicle were heavily damaged and two nearby walls were struck. Detectives are reviewing statements from the driver and witnesses and collecting video as they sort out what happened in the car and immediately after. Authorities identified the arrested passenger as Oscar Sanchez Aguirre, 26. He faces counts including battery and culpable negligence resulting in injuries. Records show he is being held on an immigration detainer while the investigation continues.
According to an interview the driver gave at the scene, the ride began normally but the passenger changed directions several times. She said the attack started after she turned onto a darker block. “He covered my mouth and began to grope me,” she said, adding that she “panicked and lost control” of the car. Cellphone video taken moments later shows the woman standing outside a black sedan in shock and the passenger running off. Police said the sedan struck another car, which slammed into a church wall, before the driver’s car barreled into a concrete wall at a storage business. Officers responded within minutes and made an arrest nearby, police said.
The driver showed bruising on her chest, scratches on her neck and scrapes on her mouth that she said came from the struggle inside the moving car. Miami officers documented the injuries and the crash damage as part of their report. The arrested man, identified by police as Aguirre, was booked on counts of battery and culpable negligence resulting in injuries. Investigators have not announced additional charges. Police did not immediately release the name of the other motorist involved in the two-car collision or provide an updated condition for that driver. Officials also did not disclose whether either vehicle carried dashboard cameras that captured the alleged assault or the crash.
Little Havana’s narrow residential grid funnels late-night traffic toward commercial corridors, and serious crashes occasionally ripple into buildings on corner lots. In this case, police said the force of impact sent one vehicle into a church wall and the other into a storage facility’s concrete barrier. The early-morning timing meant fewer pedestrians were in the area, but the wreck still left significant debris in the roadway. Neighbors who stepped outside after the impact described hearing a thud and seeing headlights against the wall; they declined to be named because the investigation is open. While rideshare incidents are not uncommon in Miami’s dense core, police emphasized that each case turns on witness accounts, physical evidence and any available video.
As of Monday, detectives were processing the cars, reviewing cellphone video that captured the minutes after the crash, and interviewing the driver again to clarify the route and where the alleged assault began. Aguirre remained in custody on the immigration hold while prosecutors review the arrest report. Authorities did not immediately list a first-appearance date or bond information tied to the local charges. Police said they will update the public if charges change or if more evidence is confirmed, including possible surveillance footage from nearby businesses and the church.
On Sunday and Monday, skid marks and fresh scarring on the concrete walls marked the crash site near Southwest Sixth Avenue and Seventh Street. Two vehicles with front-end damage were hauled from the block, residents said. “It was so loud it shook my window,” said a man who lives on the corner and asked not to be identified. Another neighbor described seeing officers canvass door-to-door for video. In Spanish, the driver said she was shaken but relieved that police made an arrest shortly after the wreck. “I was just working,” she said. “I didn’t know what he would do next.”
As of Tuesday morning, police had not announced additional charges or released new video. Detectives said evidence reviews and interviews were still underway and that any court dates would be set after prosecutors finalize the case file.
Author note: Last updated February 3, 2026.