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June 27, 2017 18:59
Uber Driver Arrested For Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting A Passenger

A 46-year-old Uber driver arrested for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a female intoxicated passenger. The passenger was taken to a hotel and attacked.

Los Angeles police said on Monday that Alaric Spence picked up a 24-year woman who had been out drinking in downtown Los Angeles.

She fell unconscious in his car, said LAPD Robbery Homicide Capt. William Hayes.

Instead of taking to her home to Hollywood, the driver allegedly took her to a motel on Lankershim Boulevard and sexually assaulted her, Hayes said.

Hayes said the victim awoke to find herself in a strange motel and remembered falling asleep in the back of the Uber car.

Police said it is possible there are other victims and urged anyone with information to come forward. Spence was driving a silver 2015 Nissan Sentra with the license plate No. 7XUX293.

Spence, 46, of North Hollywood has five prior felony convictions for narcotics possession and narcotics possession for sale, Hayes said. He had worked for Uber for six months.

Uber in a statement said it is fully supporting the LAPD investigation and has banned the driver. “ No person should ever have to experience the violent act that’s been reported to police,” the company said.

Spence’s prior narcotics felony convictions are from 1990s, records show. Uber follows California law that forbids the hiring of drivers who are convicted of any felony in the last seven years.

The arrest marks latest sexual assault allegations to involve a driver for the ride-hailing service.

In January, state legislators enacted a law that forbids the companies including Uber and also Lyft from hiring the drivers who are a registered sex offenders, have been convicted of the violent felonies or have had the DUI conviction during the last seven years.

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