LA Uber Driver May Have Additional Rape Victims, Police Allege

LOS ANGELES, CA — An Uber driver accused of brazenly raping an unconscious woman in North Hollywood has probably done it before, police said Monday.

Detectives are seeking additional victims of Alaric Spence, a 46-year-old Uber driver from North Hollywood, facing charges of kidnapping and sexual assault. The alleged attack was so brazen, Los Angeles Police detectives think this may not be his first time attacking a woman.

At about 3 a.m. Friday, Spence picked up a 24-year-old woman who asked to be taken from Downtown LA to Hollywood, according to police. The woman passed out in his car, and Spence drove her to a motel on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, according to Capt. William Hayes, commanding officer of the LAPD's Robbery- Homicide Division.

"He went to the hotel, rented a room and then carried her from his car into the hotel room where he assaulted her," Hayes said. "To do something that brazen ... in my investigators' and my opinion ... we believe it is something he has done before ..."

The woman, who may have passed out from drinking alcohol, woke up alone, not knowing where she was or how she got there, and called police, Hayes said at a news conference Monday afternoon at LAPD headquarters.

Detectives arrested Spence later that day at around 9:15 p.m. on suspicion of kidnapping to commit a sex crime. They served a search warrant at Spence’s home and collected evidence, police said.

Spence is being held on $1,000,000 bail, and detectives are asking additional victims of other unreported incidents to come forward.

Investigators released images of Spence and his vehicle, a 2015 silver four-door Nissan Sentra with license plate number 7XUX293. Spence, who police say had been an Uber driver for the past six months and has prior drug-related convictions is 5-feet-11 inches tall and 225 pounds.

Anyone with information about other possible victims was urged to call LAPD Detective Carla Zuniga at (213) 486-6910. After-hours and weekend calls should be directed to (877) LAPD-24-7. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers by calling (800) 222-TIPS

City News Service contributed to this report.