WA Uber driver faces charges of alleged assault, kidnapping of passenger

A Washington ride-hailing driver faces charges of sexual assault and kidnapping after allegedly preying on an intoxicated woman last weekend. The victim's father intervened during the assault after tracking his daughter's phone.The incident took place at a secluded location near a public access point for the Nisqually River in the Olympia area, where the driver, identified as 58-year-old Ahmed Ali, is accused of an attack that has shaken the community.

The court found probable cause for both the charges of second-degree rape and first-degree kidnapping, with the prosecution asking for a $100,000 bond.Locals and the family of the victim have expressed outrage and relief over the intervention.One Olympia father mentioned the incident, particularly resonating on Father's Day weekend, as "justice" and emphasized that such an event "should have never happened.

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