Uber driver arrested, accused of fondling 15-year-old passenger in Sunny Isles Beach

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – A South Florida Uber driver was arrested after, police said, he made sexually suggestive comments and inappropriately touched a 15-year-old girl during a ride she requested through the Uber Teens app.

Jose Miguel Perez-Molina, 39, was charged with lewd and lascivious conduct on a child younger than 16, according to an arrest report from Sunny Isles Beach Police.

Investigators said the teen requested an Uber on Sunday afternoon from a salon in Aventura to a friend’s home in Sunny Isles Beach. She was picked up by a driver identified in the app as “Jose,” matching Perez-Molina and his Toyota Corolla, the report states…

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