Child molestation victim accuses Clayton County cab driver of inappropriate touching on way to school
A 10-year-old Clayton County girl has accused a cab driver of molesting her while driving her to school. The cab driver is now in jail on three sex crime charges.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the story.
The cab driver, David Alvarado Perez, and another driver had been transporting the girl by herself to school for over a year. On the day of the incident, the mother believes the girl jumped out of the cab and ran to tell counselors at the school about the touching. Records indicate that Perez was arrested on September 16.
According to the owner of the cab company, company policy demands that all minors must be accompanied by a guardian. The owner also stated that she did not know the girl was being transported by herself.
Perez, 43, is currently sitting in a Clayton County jail on a $35,000 bond for child molestation, sexual battery against a child under the age of 16, and enticing a child for indecent purposes.
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