Police have arrested the person they believe is responsible for stabbing a Lyft driver several times in Darien in June.
Abiola Shonowo, 28, was a passenger in the car when he allegedly stabbed the driver, who was taking him to Norwalk.
Officers responded to the area of West Avenue and Holmes Avenue just after 10:30 p.m. on June 26 for the report of a one-car crash.
When they arrived, the driver told them he picked up a passenger in Stamford and was headed to Norwalk. He told officers he had been stabbed by his passenger and that he intentionally crashed his car into a tree to stop the attack, police said.
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The passenger took off with the driver's cell phone, he told police. The driver was taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Darien police identified a suspect, who they said was on probation in Maryland and was arrested on July 4 on unrelated charges in Baltimore County. Police said they obtained a warrant for Shonowo and bond was set at $1 million.
Shonowo was extradited from Maryland to Darien on Thursday. Police said he's facing charges including first-degree robbery, criminal attempt to commit assault, and more. He appeared in court on Friday.
