ATHOL — An Uber spokeswoman in Boston says a man who represented himself to police as an off-course Uber driver before his arrest on drugged-driving and gun charges is not a driver with the transportation service.
Karnell R. Shanklin, 25, of Waltham, has pleaded innocent to operating under the influence of drugs, as well as gun and driving charges after his arrest by state police Sunday in Athol. According to the arrest report filed in Orange District Court, Shanklin told police he was an Uber driver on his way from Fitchburg to Worcester to pick up a passenger.
Carlie Waibel of Uber Massachusetts on Tuesday said Shanklin is not an active driver on the platform, and there are no records of his ever having taken a trip for the ride-hailing service.