Uber Driver Charged After He Refused To Pick Up Blind Man, Dog

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ORLANDO (CBSMiami/AP) — A central Florida Uber driver was arrested after he reportedly refused to pick up a group of blind people and their service dogs.

Simon Pierre Andre Nau, 60, was contacted to pick up Robert Stigile, who's blind, and other blind people in Stigile's group Monday night in Orlando.

Stigile says that when Nau showed up, he said, "I don't take dogs." Stigile explained the dogs were service animals and Nau allegedly replied "I don't care."

Stigile says he was standing in the open door frame and felt the car move forward, striking him.

Orange County Sheriff's deputies arrested Nau on charges of failure to transport a blind person with a service dog and battery.

Nau laughed about the incident as if he "didn't fully understand that he had broken the law," according to his arrest report.

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