He’s hell on wheels.
An Algerian immigrant NYC cabbie driving without a partition or a camera allegedly assaulted two women in the back of his yellow taxi in separate incidents — and is still on the road, thanks to soft-on-crime Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, according to sources and court documents.
Mohammed Bellebia, 34, was allowed to plead guilty to lesser charges in at least one of the incidents, records showed.
One victim, Maile Bartow, 23, climbed into Bellebia’s yellow cab minivan around 2 a.m. on Nov. 10, 2024 to head home after a night on the town with friends, and said the hack touched her leg twice, ignoring her pleas for him to stop before groping her genitals, according to a lawsuit.
Bartow, who had always dreamed of living in Gotham and moved to the city in August after a stint in Nashville, left the Big Apple for good because of her NYC nightmare.
About a month later, on Dec. 12, 2024, Bellebia picked up a 2 a.m. fare, allegedly touching that woman’s leg throughout the ride and trying to remove the 33-year-old victim’s underwear, a law enforcement source told The Post.
He was arrested Dec. 19, 2024 and charged in both cases
“Oh my God,” Bartow gasped when she learned of the other alleged victim from The Post.
In Bartow’s case, Bellebia was facing misdemeanor charges of forcible touching and sexual abuse and could have faced a sentence from probation to a year in jail.
Instead, he pleaded guilty in March to disorderly conduct, a mere violation, and was set free on a conditional discharge — meaning he was to get no jail time as long as he stayed out of trouble, records showed.
Bartow said Bragg’s office left her in the dark about the slap on the wrist.
The prosecutor “never told me that he pled guilty to a lesser charge,” Bartow said. “The only reason I was even informed was because I reached out three times — two of those were not returned.
“He’s back on the road driving the exact same taxi cab,” a disgusted Bartow said. “I wasn’t looped in at all. They didn’t ask me what I was OK with.”
Bartow encountered Bellebia around 2 am outside The Spaniard bar on West 4th Street, where he was parked in his yellow minivan cab waiting for a fare. --->READ MORE HERE
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An Algerian national allegedly assaulted two women in the back of his New York taxi in separate incidents but is still snagging fares after getting a sweetheart deal from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the New York Post reported Saturday.
Records show that Mohammed Bellebia, 34, was allowed to plead guilty to lesser charges in at least one of the incidents, according to the newspaper.
According to the tabloid’s detailed reporting, the cabbie’s first alleged victim was 23-year-old Maile Bartow who entered Bellebia’s yellow cab minivan around 2 a.m. in November of last year after a night on the town with friends.
What should have been an uneventful ten-minute ride to her place on the Lower East turned into a nightmare trip through the darkened streets of the Big Apple.
Bellebia, who reportedly spoke little English, allegedly began touching her leg, according to the Post’s account.
The cabbie not only ignored her pleas to stop, he then groped her genitals, according a lawsuit filed by the woman against the driver and the taxi company — ironically named “Tranquil Taxi.”
During the alleged assault, Bartow snapped a photo of the cabbie’s actions, but he snatched it from her hand and deleted her photos, according to her account. She then began recording her requests for him to stop in a voicemail.
“I started to beg him, ‘Let me out!’” Bartow recalled. “I didn’t want to make him any more mad than he was. I was so scared he was gonna kidnap or kill me.”
The cabbie finally pulled over, she said. She had to call for a ride service to get to her home. The California native had been working in New York as a social media marketing specialist.
She filed a complaint with New York police the next morning.
A month later in December, Bellebia allegedly picked up another 2 a.m. fare and touched that woman’s leg throughout the ride and tried to remove the 33-year-old victim’s underwear, a law enforcement source told the Post. --->READ MORE HERE
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