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Lyft Driver Guilty Of Sexual Assaulting Child, Passaic Co. Jury Rules
PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ — A rideshare driver has been convicted of sexually assaulting an underage girl who had been a passenger in his car, the Passaic County Prosecutor announced on Thursday. Officials said 43-year-old Julio Mejia, of Wharton, was found guilty of second-degree sexual assault and second-degree luring or enticing a child on Sept. 20, following a jury trial. The Morris County resident was an active member of the armed services at the time of his arrest, said Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes. The victim said a Lyft driver, later identified...
Morris Co. Lyft Driver Found Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Child
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — A Morris County Lyft driver has been convicted of sexually assaulting a child who was a passenger in his car, prosecutors announced on Thursday. Julio Mejia, 43, of Wharton, was found guilty of second-degree sexual assault and second-degree luring or enticing a child following a jury trial in Passaic County on Sept. 20. According to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Mejia picked up the victim on Aug. 30, 2019, in Prospect Park, and sexually assaulted her. The minor victim came forward to police on Nov....
Ride-share drive found guilty of sexual assault of passenger in NJ
A ride-share driver was found guilty on Wednesday of the sexual assault of a young passenger in 2019. A Passaic County jury found Julio Mejia, 43, of Wharton, guilty of second-degree sexual assault, fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, third-degree endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree luring or enticing a child, said Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes in a press release. Mejia, who was an active-duty military member at the time of the assault, was arrested in 2020 after Prospect Park Police received a report that a minor had been...
Lyft driver convicted of sexually assaulting juvenile passenger
A rideshare driver from Morris County was convicted Wednesday of sexually assaulting a juvenile he picked up while driving for Lyft, authorities said. Julio Mejia, 43, of Wharton, was found guilty of second-degree sexual assault and related crimes following a jury trial in Passaic County. Prosecutors said Mejia picked up the minor victim on Aug. 30, 2019, in Prospect Park, and sexually assaulted her. The driver stayed in touch with the victim via text messages over the next several weeks before sexually assaulting her a second time, according to Passaic...