Lyft driver from Wheeling accused of kidnapping passenger, assaulting her twice
Posted May 06, 2019 1:00 am
A driver for a ride-sharing company has been charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a passenger in the Northwest suburbs.
Alexander P. Sowa, 34, of Wheeling was working as a driver for Lyft when he picked up a female passenger on May 2 and drove her to Elk Grove Village instead of the address she requested in Des Plaines, Mount Prospect police said in a statement.
Sowa then sexually assaulted the victim, police said. Sowa drove her from Elk Grove Village to a parking garage adjacent to Mount Prospect's village hall and library, where he sexually assaulted her again, police said.
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