Lt. Paul Vernon says the driver allegedly ...The woman woke up next to the shirtless stranger, left ("He let her leave," Vernon said), and went to a Panorama City 7-Eleven, where she called police at 6 a.m. yesterday, the LAPD stated.Cops say she was able to point out the motel in question, the Panorama Motel , where officers say they found the suspect still there.The woman's phone was dead, so it was difficult to determine if she had called Uber to get to the Manor that night, police said. Investigators believe Dencer had been hanging out at the club after another fare and was solicited by a valet to take the victim home, the release said. The suspect apparently “took advantage of the situation and drove her to a cheap motel, which he had visited before, and carried her into the room,” said Lt. Paul Vernon of the Los Angeles Police Department. When she awoke, he let her leave, though he asked her to stay, according to the victim.” 
 
 The woman, whose name has not been released, called police from a 7-Eleven at 6 a.m. She told police that she did not know the suspect, nor did she remember how she had arrived at the motel. He was questioned, but “his story didn’t make any sense,” Vernon said. Once the officers watched video from the motel, they realized the victim was carried into the motel, and that didn't jive with Dencer's several stories. A 26-year-old female clubgoer was allegedly kidnapped by an Uber driver and taken to a motel in Panorama City, police said today.The driver, identified as 32-year-old Frederick Dencer of Encino, was booked on suspicion of kidnapping for the purpose of sexual assault. “It looks like he made a rash decision to take advantage of a vulnerable woman, and he’s not the first man to try that,” Vernon said. “The irony is, the victim was trying to be responsible by calling for a ride, but she unwittingly put herself in another vulnerable situation. “Hopefully others will learn from this, and thankfully she was not assaulted or injured.” 
 
 In a later interview, Vernon said the woman had not used Uber to summon a car to the nightclub. “Uber became aware this afternoon of a serious incident in Los Angeles,” the ride-sharing company said in a statement Tuesday. “The facts are unknown at this stage and it’s certainly unclear that this is an Uber-related incident, as the driver in question was not logged in, connected to or operating on the platform at the time. “We have reached out to authorities and will work with them to help uncover the facts,” the statement continued. “It is also our policy to immediately suspend a driver’s account following any serious allegations, which we have done. Nothing is more important to Uber than the safety of our riders.” 
 
 A police investigation into the incident is ongoing.
– Words Uber would likely rather not hear in the same sentence: its name, and "kidnapping." One of the ride-sharing service's California drivers was arrested Monday on suspicion of kidnapping an intoxicated woman he was supposed to be driving home, KTLA reports. The 26-year-old woman was bar-hopping in West Hollywood Sunday night, and police say that at her last stop, the Greystone Manor nightclub, a valet asked driver Frederick Dencer, 32, to drive her home. Police point out that it wasn't an "official Uber assignment" and the woman didn't use the Uber app. She was also apparently too drunk to give him her address; police say Dencer "took advantage of the situation" and allegedly drove her to a motel, the Los Angeles Times reports. The woman woke up at 6am Monday next to a shirtless Dencer, who put his hand on her and wanted to have sex, police say. LA Weekly adds that the woman says he "fondled her over her clothes." But he let her leave, and she called police from a nearby 7-Eleven. She told them she did not remember how she had gotten to the motel. Surveillance footage showed she had been practically unable to walk and that Dencer carried her into the room. In its official response, Uber says it's "certainly unclear that this is an Uber-related incident," but that passenger safety is its top priority and Dencer has been suspended. He faces a charge of kidnapping for the purpose of sexual assault, and his bail was set at $1 million. (Earlier this year, an Uber driver was sued for hitting and killing a 6-year-old.)