An Uber driver charged with attacking a woman he picked up in Boston is being investigated in two other assaults, according to the Boston Herald.Alejandro Done, 46, is accused of picking up a woman on Dec. 6 on Tremont Street in Boston and raping her in Cambridge.Police are now investigating whether he is connected to two assaults that happened this past weekend.Done was arraigned Wednesday on charges of rape, assault to rape, kidnapping and two counts of assault and battery.Officials said Done then drove the woman to a location with which she was not familiar, pulled over in a secluded area and jumped in the back seat where she was sitting.He then allegedly hit her with his hands, strangled her, locked the vehicle's doors so she could not escape and covered her mouth so she couldn't scream, officials said.Uber said Done passed multiple background checks at the federal, state and local levels.Taxi cab unions have voiced their concern over Uber's background checks earlier this month.Uber's head of global security says in 2015 the company will focus on building new safety programs and intensifying others."This is a despicable crime and our thoughts and prayers are with the victim during her recovery," Uber spokesperson Kaitlin Durkosh said in a statement. "Uber has been working closely with law enforcement and will continue to do everything we can to assist their investigation."

An Uber driver charged with attacking a woman he picked up in Boston is being investigated in two other assaults, according to the Boston Herald.

Alejandro Done, 46, is accused of picking up a woman on Dec. 6 on Tremont Street in Boston and raping her in Cambridge.




Police are now investigating whether he is connected to two assaults that happened this past weekend.



Done was arraigned Wednesday on charges of rape, assault to rape, kidnapping and two counts of assault and battery.



Officials said Done then drove the woman to a location with which she was not familiar, pulled over in a secluded area and jumped in the back seat where she was sitting.



He then allegedly hit her with his hands, strangled her, locked the vehicle's doors so she could not escape and covered her mouth so she couldn't scream, officials said.



Uber said Done passed multiple background checks at the federal, state and local levels.



Taxi cab unions have voiced their concern over Uber's background checks earlier this month.



Uber's head of global security says in 2015 the company will focus on building new safety programs and intensifying others.

"This is a despicable crime and our thoughts and prayers are with the victim during her recovery," Uber spokesperson Kaitlin Durkosh said in a statement. "Uber has been working closely with law enforcement and will continue to do everything we can to assist their investigation."