Imagine hopping into an Uber, plugging in your phone, and settling in for the ride—only to find yourself at the center of a bizarre theft accusation. Your phone charger vanishes, the driver flips out, and suddenly she’s on the phone with 911, calling the police on you. It sounds absurd, but that’s exactly what happened to Roger Alexander, who wasn’t about to let this one slide.

Alexander and his companion were riding with Uber driver Cherla Batista when the dispute started. According to Alexander, Batista swiped his iPhone charger and stashed it under her seat. When he confronted her, she refused to return it. Instead, she accused him of stealing her charger and demanded he leave her car.

Alexander refused, and Batista escalated by calling 911. “So this Karen took my charger, stuffed it under her seat, and when I told her I wasn’t leaving until she gave it back, she called the cops like it was supposed to scare the Black people away,” Alexander explained on Instagram.

The police arrive

But Batista underestimated her passengers. Alexander noticed she had a dash cam recording the entire ride. He stayed put and insisted the police review the footage. “Now, I could have just let this go. It’s just a $20 charger,” he said. “But it was the audacity and arrogance in this woman’s voice thinking the cops were her weapon and would just automatically take her side.”

The standoff dragged on for two hours as officers arrived to mediate. Batista reportedly stuck to her story until the dash cam footage was finally reviewed. Alexander recounted what happened next: “When she called the cops, that made me be like, I’m about to prove a point to this b—-.”

The footage confirmed Alexander’s side of the story. So Batista tried crying. But the police weren’t having it. An officer laid it out for her: “We saw the footage. If you don’t give them back their charger, I’m locking you up.” With no options left, Batista handed over the charger.

“It only took us two hours and six cops to prove that this b—- took my charger,” Alexander said, sharing a photo of himself and his companion triumphantly posing with the returned cable.

In the end, Alexander walked away with his property, a viral story, and a well-earned victory. As for Batista, she learned the hard way that dash cams don’t lie—and the police don’t like some ‘Karen’ treating them like their personal weapon.