Joplin Police Investigate the Alleged Assault of a Female Uber Driver
The Joplin Police Department is investigating a possible sexual assault of an Uber Driver.
The 50-year-old woman sought treatment at Freeman Hospital on Sunday, three days after she alleges that she was sexually assaulted near a hotel on South Rangeline road.
The Uber driver gave two men a ride from a location on Main Street to a downtown bar, and later in the evening realized that one of the drivers left their wallet in the back seat of the car.
She told police that she reached out to the owner of the wallet on social media and she was told that he and his friend had relocated to the Old Chicago bar and restaurant and invited her there to return the wallet.
The men offered to buy her a drink but she needed to return back to work, however she agreed to return after she was done working for the night.
She went on to tell authorities that when she returned the men were in the parking lot of a nearby hotel, in a truck. She also told police that as she was talking to one of the men, the other fell asleep and at that time the man she was talking to become aggressive, forcibly removed her clothing and sexually assaulted her.
The investigation is currently on-going.
This is the second sexual assault allegation involving an Uber driver in the last several weeks. On October 5th 24-year-old Malachi Murdock was charged with sexual abuse and sodomy. Murdock is accused of assaulting a woman that he gave a ride home from a bar while working for Uber.