MIAMI – Two women leaving a nightclub in Miami’s Wynwood group concept they have been entering an Uber, however, in step with police, certainly one of them used to be about to get robbed and the different used to be about to get sexually assaulted by means of the guy they assumed used to be an actual rideshare driver.
But he wasn’t, government say. Instead, they say he used to be a 39-year-old northwest Miami-Dade guy who were launched from bond on a strong-armed theft price lower than two weeks prior.
In court docket Thursday, Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer stated cops accused Yadir Alejandro Gongora of pretending to be an Uber driver — after which making the most of the two sufferers after riding them to South Beach, close to the resort they have been staying at right through their talk over with to South Florida.
According to an arrest record from the Miami Beach Police Department, the pair were given into Gongora’s black SUV on Sept. 30 after leaving the membership at round 3 a.m., considering it used to be their Uber.
With certainly one of the women asleep in the again seat, Gongora pulled over someplace in Miami Beach, went round to the again of the SUV, opened the door and took her handbag, temporarily handing it off to somebody else who fled the space in every other car, police stated.
According to police, the girl’s handbag had her credit playing cards, ID, iPhone and Ecuadorian passport.
Gongora then “re-entered the SUV and began to sexually batter her by penetrating her with his fingers and possibly his penis,” police wrote, pronouncing the girl “pleaded with (him) to stop on multiple occasions to no avail.”
“(Gongora) attempted to pull (the victim) into the third-row seats of the SUV, however, victim (she) braced herself and held onto her seat to keep from getting pulled,” police wrote. “(He) eventually stopped after he was unable to pull her into the third row of the SUV…then got back into the driver’s seat and drove to the victims’ hotel.”
After attending to the resort, positioned in the 800 block of Collins Avenue, police stated Gongora “physically removed” the pair from the again seat.
The sexual battery sufferer attempted to dial 911 to extend Gongora from leaving as she attempted to get the stolen pieces again, police wrote.
Gongora “appeared to realize that (she) was attempting to call for help and quickly returned to the driver’s seat,” the record states. Police stated he then fled south on Collins Avenue “with the right rear passenger door still completely ajar.”
Police stated surveillance video and information from legislation enforcement databases helped them monitor down Gongora. They stated the sufferer’s stolen mobile phone pinged to a location close to his house on Northwest 97th Street in the West Little River space of Miami-Dade County.
Authorities stopped Gongora Wednesday and arrested him on a warrant for riding on a suspended license and puzzled him about the alleged theft and sexual attack.
“He denied the allegations made by the victims and advised that the only time he stopped prior to the arrival at the hotel was to allow one of the victims to vomit,” the record states. “Additionally, he advised that prior to the victims exiting the SUV, he got into a verbal altercation with them over the location of one of their purses which they accused him of taking.”
Authorities arrested Gongora on fees of sexual battery and strong-armed theft. The Cuban nationwide used to be given a $30,000 bond, however used to be ordered to stay held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on the earlier price of strong-armed theft.
According to court docket data, the earlier strong-armed theft case dates again to Sept. 19, when he used to be arrested by means of Miami-Dade police.
In that case, he used to be later launched from TGK on a $5,000 bond.
Miami Beach Police Sgt. Shantell Mitchell had a message for somebody who feels they’re entering a pretend Uber:
“If anything just doesn’t seem right, use your intuition and if there is an emergency, always dial 911.”
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