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An Uber driver was arrested Saturday after being accused of sexually assaulting one of his passengers early in the morning. Watch reportState police said they received a 911 call from a person who said one of their family members, a 25-year-old woman, was telling her family she was being sexually assaulted and accosted by her Uber driver while traveling from Methuen to Norwood.Police began searching for a brown 2007 Toyota Camry and rushed to where the victim was being dropped off, but said they missed the suspect by just a few minutes.The victim told state police she had called for an Uber ride from a friend's house in Methuen before 5 a.m. and asked to be driven to another friend's house in Norwood.She told police she had never used Uber before and asked the driver where she should sit. The victim said the driver told her to sit in the front seat and that several minutes into the ride, the he began asking her personal questions and repeatedly asking her to kiss him, which she refused to do. Police said the driver is accused of touching her inappropriately and making obscene and sexually-themed statements. The victim told police she turned her body away from the driver in an attempt to impede his ability to touch her. She said the behavior stopped minutes before she was dropped off at her friend's house in Norwood. The victim gave police information about the driver through her Uber confirmation and told troopers she was in fear for her safety. Troopers identified the driver as Junior Clarke, 31, of Lawrence, and contacted Clarke, who agreed to meet them at the Andover barracks.Police said Clarke was interviewed and subsequently arrested. Clarke posted bail of $40 and is being charged with indecent assault and battery on a person and accosting a person of the opposite sex.He is set to be arraigned Thursday in Woburn District Court."Before you get into a ride share or taxi, take your phone take a pic of your ID text to a friend, this is where I am, this is where I’m going," Methuen police Chief Joseph Solomon said.Statement from Uber“No person should have to go through what’s been described. We’ve been in contact with the rider to offer our support and are working with State Police to aid their investigation. The driver has been banned from the platform.” Get the WCVB News App