Posted on 06/19/2024 4:51:07 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
Prosecutors in Thurston County filed charges Tuesday against an Uber driver who is accused of driving an intoxicated female passenger to a secluded area and raping her over the weekend.
Ahmed Hassan Ali, 58, of Seattle, faces one count of rape in the second degree and one count of kidnapping in the first degree with sexual motivation aggravating circumstance.
According to the arrest report, Ali was driving for Uber Saturday morning when he gave a ride to an intoxicated woman who was at a bar in Olympia.
Investigators allege Ali marked the woman’s ride as complete in the Uber app but kept her in the car and drove to 6th Avenue SE in an unincorporated area of Thurston County and raped her.
The victim’s family became alarmed when she did not arrive at the house and her father tracked her location to a parking area near the Nisqually River, the arrest report said.
The father and other family members drove to the location and found the woman unclothed in the backseat of Ali’s car, and Ali appeared to be pulling up his pants while climbing over the center console, according to the sheriff’s office report.
Investigators said family members assaulted Ali and took the woman out of the car. At some point during the confrontation, the victim’s father fired a gun twice, but the bullets did not strike anyone, according to the report.
Neighbors called 911 to report the gunfire and deputies stopped Ali’s vehicle as he was driving out of the area. A deputy noted that Ali was bleeding heavily from his head and hands when he was contacted, but the report notes Ali was in a hurry to leave and initially refused medical treatment.
Prosecutors said in a court hearing Monday that Ali’s injuries were so severe that it was suspicious Ali would attempt to refuse medical care.
A judge set Ali’s bail at $100,000 at the hearing. Jail records show he posted the bail Monday night and was released from custody.
Ali is scheduled to appear at an arraignment on July 2.
Uber sent the following statement to KOMO News in response to Ali’s arrest:
The driver’s behavior is appalling and has no place in our society or on the Uber platform. We take reports of this nature very seriously and removed the driver’s access to the platform as soon as we were made aware of the incident. We have a dedicated team standing ready to assist law enforcement with their investigation.
He was just another mohammedan rage boy, doing what they do best, in honor of their evil imaginary moon 🌙 deity and his pedophile false prophet Mad Mo.
...just his cremated remains
Less legalities/red-tape/expense...
Nah, just flush them at the nearest pork processing plant.
do people who call uber get to choose who picks them up? I’ve never used taxis, so i dunno?
In Britain there would be no charges on the Uber guy because of culture accommodation. But there would be all sorts of charges on the woman’s family, mainly for cultural interference.
Did he really have all his wives and other relatives at the hearing?
To a Muslim, a drunk female infidel is fair game!
When they were cabbies they were essentiallly anonymous. With rideshare they are rated for all to see and show up in your ride history on your app.
When they are cabbies, they are licensed and vetted. When they are uber drivers, they are nobodies from anywhere, with no real accountability before the fact.
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