Gaithersburg, MD – Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division detectives have arrested and charged a rideshare driver with rape and kidnapping and believe there may be other victims.
Abdoulaye Dia of Lanham, Maryland, is charged with first-degree rape, kidnapping, second-degree assault and third-degree sex offense.
On Tuesday, September 15, 2026, Montgomery County Police officers were dispatched to an area hospital for the report of a rape that occurred earlier. Officers spoke with the victim, a teenage girl under the age of 18, who reported that she had been raped by an Empower ride share driver…