Ride-Share Driver Accused Of Raping Drunk Passenger

SAN MATEO, CA — A ride-share driver, arrested over the weekend on suspicion of false-imprisonment and rape-related charges, is accused of picking up an intoxicated passenger from a bar in San Mateo and, after she possibly passed out in the car's backseat, taking her to his home in Tracy where she was raped, according to authorities.

The 25-year-old woman filed a report Saturday that she believed was sexually assaulted by the man after she ordered the Lyft ride on Friday, the San Bruno Police Department said.

"Sometime after being picked up by the driver, the victim believed that she passed out in the backseat of the ride-share vehicle," the agency said. "The driver then took the victim to his residence in the city of Tracy without her request or permission, where it is alleged that he had nonconsensual intercourse with her."

The suspect, 46-year-old Tracy resident Tonye Kolokolo, was arrested by the San Bruno police and booked into San Mateo County Jail, officials said.

He is scheduled to be arraigned in court this morning, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's office.

San Bruno police are asking anyone with any information on the case, or who possibly experienced a similar incident with the suspect, to contact the Investigative Service Section at (650) 616-7100 or by email: sbpdtipline@sanbruno.ca.gov. Information can be left anonymously.

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