Illegal immigrant rideshare driver charged with rape in Maryland had prior NYC sex abuse arrest

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An illegal immigrant rideshare driver accused of sexually assaulting a teenage female passenger in Maryland has a history of sex abuse in New York, federal authorities said.

Abdoulaye Dia, of Lanham, Maryland, is charged with first-degree rape, kidnapping, second-degree assault, and third-degree sex offense, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said.

On Tuesday, Montgomery County Police officers were called to a hospital where an underage teen girl reported a rape. She told police that she was raped by an Empower rideshare driver.

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Abdoulaye Dia mugshot and the border fence

Dia, a citizen of Guinea, took her to a parking lot in Silver Spring, where the alleged assault occurred.

Investigators identified Dia through information obtained from the rideshare app. He was arrested Wednesday.

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Dia was previously arrested on June 10 in New York City for sexual abuse by forcible compulsion, forcible touching of the sexual/intimate parts of another person, injuring a child less than 17, and sexual abuse without consent, a DHS spokesperson told Fox News.

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He entered the United States illegally through Arizona in December 2023 and was released by the Biden administration, DHS said.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Empower for comment.

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