By Fox News (U.S.) | Created at 2026-09-18 22:06:03 | Updated at 2026-09-19 13:39:31
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An illegal immigrant rideshare driver accused of sexually assaulting a teenage female passenger in Maryland has a history of sex abuse in New York, federal authorities said.
Abdoulaye Dia, of Lanham, Maryland, was charged with first-degree rape, kidnapping, second-degree assault and third-degree sex offense, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said.
On Tuesday, Montgomery County Police officers were called to a hospital where an underage teen girl reported a rape. She told police she was raped by an Empower rideshare driver.
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Abdoulaye Dia, an illegal immigrant from Guinea, was charged with rape after allegedly sexually assaulting an underage teen girl who was a passenger in his rideshare vehicle, authorities said. He also has previous arrests for alleged sex crimes in New York City. (Getty Images; Department of Homeland Security)
Dia, a citizen of Guinea, took her to a parking lot in Silver Spring, where the alleged assault occurred.
Investigators identified Dia through information obtained from the rideshare app. He was arrested Wednesday.
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Dia was previously arrested June 10 in New York City for sexual abuse by forcible compulsion, forcible touching of the sexual/intimate parts of another person, injuring a child less than 17 and sexual abuse without consent, a DHS spokesperson told Fox News.
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He entered the United States illegally through Arizona in December 2023 and was released by the Biden administration, DHS said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Empower for comment.
