An Uber driver allegedly admitted to raping a passenger who handed out drunk on a trip residence from a celebration in Kentucky, based on police.
Rideshare driver Clifford E. Partin, 61, had picked up the girl in Richmond in August as a result of she was too intoxicated to drive residence, based on an arrest obtained by the Lexington Herald-Ledger.
She handed out shortly after the trip started and, whereas she was nonetheless unconscious, he allegedly drove to a secluded spot hidden by bushes and raped her.
The passenger informed police she awoke within the car parking zone and demanded she be pushed residence, based on police.
Fearful of letting him know the place she lived, she made him drop her off close by and ran the remainder of the way in which.
The sufferer later sought medical analysis and contacted police, who mentioned GPS information from Uber matched the accuser’s account of what occurred. Surveillance video additionally confirmed the car parked within the lot for about 25 minutes, based on the courtroom paperwork.
Partin agreed to take a polygraph take a look at — and finally admitted to raping the girl, cops mentioned.
He’s charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy of an individual incapable of consent.
Partin was booked on the Madison County Detention Middle Monday, the place he’s being held on a $100,000 bond.
