Georgia

Lyft driver arrested for sexual battery after touching female passenger, police say

DOUGHERTY COUNTY, Ga. — A Lyft driver was arrested for sexual battery after police say he touched a passenger.

The victim told police that on Jan. 19, Larry Hunt was her Lyft driver and made a comment that he would pick her up and take her to work the next day, free of charge and off the record.

The victim said on Jan. 20, Hunt picked her up and took her to work.

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Once they arrived at her job, she said Hunt rubbed her inner thigh and told her “I still want some of you.”

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Hunt was booked into the Dougherty County Jail for sexual battery on Jan. 25.

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