Uber driver accused of assaulting Rye Brook woman She told police she woke up and his hand was up her dress.

Matt Spillane | Rockland/Westchester Journal News

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RYE BROOK - A ride home from the city turned into a violent nightmare for a Rye Brook woman, who told police that she fought off her Uber driver after she woke up to his hand up her dress.

Rye Brook police said on Thursday that the driver, a 26-year-old Bronx man, was arrested on Tuesday and accused of assaulting the 39-year-old woman in June.

The woman called police the morning of June 8 and told them that her Uber driver had assaulted her hours earlier, village police Detective Sgt. Terence Wilson said. She told police she had been out the night before in New York City, where she hailed an Uber ride home, he said.

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The woman told police she fell asleep in the back seat. When she woke up, she saw that the driver was sitting next to her in the back seat with his hand up her dress, and the car pulled over on the shoulder of the Hutchinson River Parkway, Wilson said.

The woman told police she struggled with the driver to get him off of her, and she fractured her shoulder during the confrontation, Wilson said. The driver then returned to the front seat and took her home, Wilson said.

The woman called police in the morning, and the driver was arrested on Tuesday.

The driver was charged with third-degree assault and forcible touching, both misdemeanors, and Wilson said the man could face more charges. The driver was released on $500 bail and is scheduled to appear in Rye Town Court on July 11.

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