Uber driver accused of raping woman after ride

“The reported details of what the victim went through are disturbing. We … stand ready to support law enforcement however we can with their investigation.”

– AN UBER SPOKESPERSON

An Uber driver was arrested last week, a day after he allegedly broke into a woman’s home and raped her after dropping her off, Sandy Springs police said Monday.

Le’Myrious Monaye Dawson faces charges of rape, battery, burglary and theft by taking.

Police said he gave the victim a ride home around 2:30 a.m. May 5 and then broke in and sexually assaulted her.

The following day, detectives found him at the West End MARTA station on Lee Street in southwest Atlanta. A warrant was obtained for his vehicle and home, where investigators found several items belonging to the victim, officials said.

Uber said his access to the platform has been removed.

“The reported details of what the victim went through are disturbing,” an Uber spokesperson said in a statement to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “We … stand ready to support law enforcement however we can with their investigation.”

No other details were released by police.

“The men and women of the Sandy Springs Police Department worked diligently to identify, locate and bring Mr. Dawson to justice,” police said in a statement.

Anyone with information, including other law enforcement agencies working on similar cases, are asked to call detective J.T. Williams at 770-551-6937 or jtwilliamssandy springsga.gov.