LOS ANGELES — An Uber driver, who is a convicted felon, was charged today with raping a female passenger in a motel while she was unconscious—police believe there may be other victims.
Alaric Spence was charged with three felony counts: kidnapping to commit rape, rape of an unconscious person and rape by use of drugs.
Prosecutors are asking that bail be set at $1.1 million.
On June 23, Spence is accused of picking up a 24-year-old woman in downtown Los Angeles. The defendant then allegedly drove the victim to a motel in North Hollywood where he raped her, the prosecutor said.
The victim was intoxicated and unconscious at the time of the sexual assault, the prosecutor added.
When the woman woke up, she reported what happened to police. Spence was arrested a short time later.
“It doesn’t seem feasible that this would be the first time,” Captain William Hayes said. “He actually carried the young lady into the hotel room and assaulted her. He went to the hotel, rented a room and then carried her from his car into the hotel room where he assaulted her. To do something that brazen, in my investigators’ and my opinion we believe it’s something he’s possibly done before.”
If convicted as charged, Spence faces a possible maximum sentence of 15 years to life in state prison.
