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Uber driver pleads guilty to kidnapping, sexually assaulting passenger in Ventura County

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A rideshare driver faces up to life in state prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting an intoxicated passenger in Ventura County, according to the district attorney's office. Simranjit Singh Sekhon, an Uber driver living in Bakersfield, pleaded guilty on November 6 to charg…

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  1. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Simranjit Sekhon Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Unconscious Uber Passenger (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Simranjit Singh Sekhon of Bakersfield pled guilty to a charge kidnapping to commit rape after sexually assaulting an intoxicated customer he picked up as an Uber driver from a Ventura County bar.

  2. KTLA Los Angeles

    Uber driver pleads guilty to kidnapping passenger who fell asleep, sexually assaulting her (opens KTLA Los Angeles)

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    An Uber driver has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a woman who fell asleep in his vehicle after a night out at a Southern California bar and sexually assaulting her instead of taking her home, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Simranjit Singh Sekhon, 36, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty Nov.

  3. KTLA Los Angeles

    Uber driver pleads guilty to kidnapping sleeping passenger, sexually assaulting her (opens KTLA Los Angeles)

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    An Uber driver has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a woman who fell asleep in his vehicle after a night out at a Southern California bar and sexually assaulting her instead of taking her home, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Simranjit Singh Sekhon, 36, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty Nov.

  4. Foxla

    Uber driver pleads guilty to kidnapping, sexually assaulting passenger in Ventura County (opens Foxla)

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    A rideshare driver faces up to life in state prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting an intoxicated passenger in Ventura County, according to the district attorney's office. Simranjit Singh Sekhon, an Uber driver living in Bakersfield, pleaded guilty on November 6 to charg…

  5. The Western Journal

    Sicko Uber Driver Faces Life in Prison After Female Driver Passed Out in His Car and He Refused to End the Ride (opens The Western Journal)

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    Simranjit Singh Sekhon, an Uber driver from Bakersfield, California, pleaded guilty on Friday to kidnapping to commit rape. According to a news release from the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, […]