Hamden police are trying to identify a man who inappropriately touched a 20-year-old college student while driving her from New Haven to Hamden Saturday night.
Police met with the victim at 11:50 p.m. Saturday and she said she and two friends left a New Haven bar at 10:30 p.m. and got into a light-colored, older model Chrysler or Dodge. While the man drove the group from New Haven to Hamden, he continuously touched the victim inappropriately, police said.
After this incident, Hamden police chief Thomas Wydra is warning young women to ensure the car they are getting into is the one they called for.
"If you didn't call for a ride and you're not getting into what would traditionally be a marked taxicab, don't get in," Wydra said.
"Quite often we have places that are popular destination places and that's an area where rideshare vehicles and public transportation units arrive at and standby for," Wydra said.
He said he's seen an increase in sexual predators claiming to be legitimate public transit drivers when they are not.
The man police are looking for appears to be around 45 years old. He is bald, 6-feet-1 and around 250 pounds. He was wearing glasses, police said.
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Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Joseph Liguori at (203) 230-4040.
