Fake UBER Driver Arrested After Brutal Sexual Assault...
BY MELISSA PAMER
A man who pretended to be an Uber driver and brutally sexually assaulted a female passenger, prompting police to shoot at him, has been arrested less than a week after the violent attack in the Westlake area, Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck said Monday.
Dartanyum Larmar Smith, 39, was arrested at a South Los Angeles home on suspicion of kidnapping early Saturday morning.
The incident began about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, April 3, when LAPD received a call about a woman screaming from inside an SUV in the area of 1300 block of Ingraham Street.
Officers did not have the exact address when responding and began searching parked cars along dark streets for the assault, Beck said at morning news conference.
“As they drive by … they hear the screams. They can see the assault going on in the back seat of this SUV," Beck said.
The officers tried to get into the vehicle, but it was locked. When they began smashing the windows, the attacker jumped into the driver’s seat and began accelerating away.
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