AUBURN, Ala. (WRBL) – An Opelika rideshare driver is dealing with extra Felony Rape fees after Auburn investigators say they recognized a second sexual assault survivor from an incident practically two years earlier than his preliminary arrest. In each incidents, investigators say the survivors got here in contact with Halls by a ridesharing service when he picked them up in Auburn.
On Apr. 26, 2022, Auburn Police arrested Theodore Leroy Halls, age 46, from Opelika, on extra felony warrants charging him with rape first diploma and sexual abuse first diploma, associated to a December 2020.
These fees stem from additional investigation right into a reported sexual assault on April 10, 2022. On April 11, 2022, Auburn Police arrested Halls on felony warrants charging him with rape first diploma, sodomy first diploma and sexual abuse first diploma. This arrest stems from the Auburn Police Department receiving a report of a doable sexual assault that occurred close to the 700 Block of Aspen Heights Lane on April 10, 2022. The sufferer reportedly got here in contact with the suspect by a ridesharing service.
The investigation revealed the sufferer was picked up by the suspect in the world of downtown Auburn after a journey was organized by a ridesharing service. During the transport, the driver sexually assaulted the sufferer. Theodore Leroy Halls Jr. was recognized because the suspect.
After being contacted and interviewed by Auburn Police Department detectives, Hall was arrested on the listed fees.
Halls was transported to the Lee County Jail and held on an preliminary &150,000 bond. He remains to be in custody on the Lee County Jail and is now being held on a $275,000 bond.
These instances stay underneath investigation. Anyone with data is requested to contact the Auburn Police Department Detective Section at (334) 501-3141 or the Auburn Police Tip Line at (334) 246-1391.