Red top cab driver charged
In January of this year, a Guelph cab driver from Red Top Taxi was charged with two separate accounts of sexual assault.
The first assault was reported to have taken place on Sunday, Jan. 11 at around 2:00 a.m. Three women had reportedly taken a Red Top taxi to the University of Guelph area. It was reported that the cab driver agreed to make three separate stops to drop the women off at their homes. The last woman to be dropped off was sexually assaulted by the cab driver. The 21-year-old immediately reported the incident to the police, saying that the cab driver inappropriately touched her.
The second assault occurred Tuesday, Jan. 13 at around 1:30 a.m. In the second incident, a 19-year-old female was sitting in the front seat of the Red Top cab when the driver inappropriately touched her. A few of her friends, all females, were also in the cab at the time. The group of women immediately left the cab following the incident and informed the police of the assault.
The driver, a 49-year old man from Guelph, has been a Red Top driver since May 2012. The man has been removed from the Red Top Taxi driver pool, and has been charged following the assaults. Police are asking anyone with any further information to file a report to the Guelph police.
This is a disturbing incident, raising a serious safety issue amongst Guelph residents. University students often put their unlimited trust into the city. It’s understandable that in such a supportive university town, students would not think twice about hopping into a cab after a late night downtown.
Good article with helpful tips. I do suggest that you add a couple of very important pieces of information to this article or a follow up if necessary. First off we, at Red Top Taxi immediately removed this driver from our pool as we have zero tolerance for any of this type of behaviour and we immediately cooperated with the police in any way they asked. Secondly, it is a very isolated incident. All of our drivers go through a criminal police check and a police interview before they are hired. It’s not perfect but we do the best to find good, honest drivers. Finally, if anyone notices anything not right in a cab, they should immediately call Red Top Taxi or whatever company they are using as we will investigate and commence with the appropriate disciplinary actions or removal of that Driver. We take our customers safety extremely seriously at Red Top Taxi and we will continue to always keep our customers in mind first. Thank you for your consideration.
How about “Guelph Taxi”, I’ve seen a few new yellow cabs around recently. Are they also legitimate?