Delaware Man Charged With Rape After Posing as Ride-Share Driver: Police

Delaware Man Charged With Rape After Posing as Ride-Share Driver: Police
Law enforcement officers in Linden, New Jersey, in a file photo. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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A man has been charged with rape after he allegedly lured a young woman into his truck on the streets of Delaware by posing as a ride-share driver before he threatened her with a knife.

A 21-year-old woman reported being sexually assaulted at knife-point in a silver pick-up truck after climbing in near the University of Delaware in Newark in the early hours of May 4, according to a police statement.
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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