Cary rideshare driver accused of sexually assaulting passenger in Raleigh
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- Rideshare driver Ryan Davey, 30, was arrested Tuesday on multiple charges.
- He’s accused of sexually assaulting a passenger in Raleigh and driving while impaired.
- Davey was previously convicted of a DWI in 2015 in another county.
A Cary rideshare driver was arrested Tuesday after allegedly sexually assaulting a passenger in Raleigh.
Ryan James Davey, 30, is charged with kidnapping, driving while impaired, sexual battery, indecent exposure, resisting a public officer and an open-container violation, court records show.
Davey was allegedly driving on Rock Quarry Road when he grabbed his passenger’s face, forcing her to kiss him, and exposed his genitals to her, according to the arrest warrant.
Davey also allegedly refused to provide his information to police or cooperate with their requests, the warrant states. He is believed to have been impaired at the time of the incident and allegedly had an open container of alcohol in the car.
Davey pleaded guilty in February 2015 to driving while impaired in a 2014 incident in Randolph County where he blew 0.1 on a breath test, slightly above the legal limit of 0.08 grams of alcohol per 100 ml of blood, according to court records. He was sentenced to two months in jail and a year of unsupervised probation; his driver’s license was also suspended for a year.
Davey’s release order in Tuesday’s incident states he has a pending DWI from 2022, though court records didn’t show that charge as of Wednesday morning.
Davey was being held without bail at the Wake County jail as of Wednesday morning. He is set to appear in court Wednesday afternoon.
