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Lyft driver arrested for sexual assault
A man who was acting as a Lyft driver in Austin was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a passenger.
AUSTIN, Texas - A man who was acting as a Lyft driver in Austin was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a passenger.
According to an arrest affidavit, the attack happened back in May.
The victim said 42-year-old Maurys Madruga-Mesa made a series of detours on the way to her drop-off location before stopping in an area in West Austin to assault her.
The victim said, at one point, Lyft sent her a safety alert after Madruga-Mesa prematurely ended the ride at the wrong location.
Maurys Madruga-Mesa, 42
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Austin police said during an interview that Madruga-Mesa admitted to using a friend's Lyft account to work, and he was not the person featured on the app.
Madruga-Mesa denied any wrongdoing.
He was booked into the Travis County Jail with a $40,000 bond.