---
title: "Louisiana Woman Goes Topless to Distract Uber Driver During Attempted Armed Robbery"
description: "Spoiler alert: It didn't work."
date: "2018-01-09"
modified: "2018-01-10"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/17532/louisiana-woman-goes-topless-to-distract-uber-driver-during-attempted-robbery"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Crime"
  - "Louisiana"
  - "ride-hailing"
  - "robbery"
  - "Uber"
---

# Louisiana Woman Goes Topless to Distract Uber Driver During Attempted Armed Robbery

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Police in Louisiana have arrested a couple who allegedly masterminded an attempt to rob an [Uber](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/16885/uber-accidentally-charged-a-customer-more-than-18000-for-a-5-mile-ride>) driver by distracting him with the woman's bare breasts, [according to the *New Orleans Times-Picayune*](<https://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2018/01/harahan_woman_went_topless_in.html>).

Authorities say 22-year-old Rayna Fillios lured the driver to her house on Saturday night by hailing an Uber at random, passing her phone number to the driver, and later calling him to ask him to come over. When the unnamed driver arrived, he told police that Fillios answered the door topless.

[After what police describe](<https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1800912259982193&id=556663727740392>) as a "brief conversation," one that we'd love to get a transcript of, the Uber driver decided that Fillios was messing with him and tried to walk out. That's when Fillios reportedly "grabbed him by the arms pulling him into her bare chest, kissed him, and bit his tongue to distract him," while her boyfriend, 24-year-old Anthony Kennedy, snuck up behind him with a knife.

Kennedy demanded the victim's money and punched him in the face when he refused. As their grand plan collapsed and the victim called police, Kennedy ran away into the night while Fillios tried to pretend that the [attempted robbery](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/6584/florida-uber-driver-shoots-kills-armed-would-be-robber>) never happened when officers arrived. A K9 unit eventually found Kennedy hiding in a shed in the backyard, and the dog was forced to take him down when he refused to surrender.

Both Fillios and Kennedy were charged with armed robbery and battery. Of course, their weapons of choice couldn't have been more different.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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