CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. -- The mother of a 10-year-old girl who was allegedly molested by a taxi cab driver spoke to Channel 2 Action News Tuesday.

A judge found probable cause to move forward with child molestation charges against the 43-year-old cab driver.

“I wanted to kill him.”

That’s what one mother thought the moment she heard the taxi driver she called to take her 10-year-old daughter to school was accused of molesting her on the way.

“They had to keep me calm because I was really about to take off looking for him,” said the mother, who Channel 2 Action News chose not to identify.

Police charged Express Car Service taxi driver David Perez with child molestation.

The mother said what hurts the most is that she knew Perez well.

“I would say, ‘Can you send cab #40?’” said the mom. “He would tell me about his granddaughter and his son having a baby.”

The mother said one day her daughter missed the school bus so she called for a cab. She said Perez picked up her daughter. Before they left the complex, the girl said Perez told her to get in the front seat.

The girl told police Perez then continually tried to touch her inappropriately.

“(He) basically tried to feel all on her body,” said the girl’s mom.

Police said the 10-year-old girl eventually jumped out of the moving taxi, went to school, and told counselors. The school counselors called the police.

The girl and her mother have hired an attorney.

“I think that he should be locked up. I think he should be taught a lesson,” said the girl’s mother.

Perez also faces sexual battery and enticing a child charges.