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Fake Livery Cab Driver Sexually Assaults Woman
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Jen Chung
Published Feb 15, 2006
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Yikes: A woman, looking for a cab to go to JFK, was assault by a man who claimed to be a livery cab driver. Apparently the man, in a black Lincoln Town car, approached the woman in Ozone Park on Sunday's snowy morning and said he could take her to JFK. She accepted, but he later threatened her with a knife near 115th Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard and made her "perform a sexual act." The Post reports that police don't think the man was a licensed livery cab driver, but this makes Gothamist wonder how you can make sure someone is licensed - do you ask for their license? Livery cabs seem to be more plentiful further out in the boroughs, where cabs are less likely to look for fares.
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