12-year-old girl raped in back of livery cab, driver arrested
BROOKLYN — A 12-year-old girl was raped in the backseat of a livery cab in Brooklyn Monday, according to police.
Authorities said the girl was put in the livery cab by her parents in Fort Greene at around 5 p.m. Monday to be driven home.
During that ride, the driver parked the car, entered the rear of the vehicle with girl and raped her, police said.
The driver then got back in the driver’s seat and brought the girl to her destination in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
At 8:45 p.m. Monday, police responded to NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull and met with the girl’s parents.
The driver, Rafael Martinez, 32, was arrested Tuesday. He is charged with rape, criminal sex act, sex abuse, endangering the welfare of a child, menacing and assault.
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