Category: Rideshare Assaults
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Man Convicted of Rape in Greene County for Impersonating Uber and Lyft Driver
A Greene County judge has found a man. Tyson Fairley, guilty of rape after he posed as a driver for both Uber and Lyft ride-sharing services. He faced charges of rape and sodomy dating back to 2018. Investigators say Fairley approached women by identifying himself as an Uber or Lyft driver. One woman claimed he…
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Man sentenced to community detention for posing as Uber driver, indecently assaulting woman
After 5 years of therapy for a complex post-traumatic stress disorder, a women that had been indecently assaulted by a man who posed as an Uber driver says that her view of the world that she had worked so hard to rebuild just shattered. Tawfiq Alasaad had appeared in the Wellington District Court and was…
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Uber driver is accused of sexually assaulting a student at SMU
In Dallas, an Uber driver is off the job after he was accused of sexually assaulting a student at SMU. The assault happened while on campus, and shortly afterwards, the driver had been arrested. Kristin Dillard, a student at SMU who was left feeling shocked after the sexual assault allegations were made public, stating, “This…
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Former Uber driver is accused of six sexual assaults in Milton and Boston
An ex-Uber driver has been accused of 6 sexual assaults that occurred in both Boston and Milton. William Mancortes, 43, a resident of Hyde Park, was arrested by the Boston Police and is now facing two rape count charges and one count of indecent assault and battery that happened in Boston. Mancortes is also wanted…