A 53 YEAR-OLD SANTA CRUZ TAXI DRIVER HAS NOT ONLY BEEN ARRESTED, BUT THE COMPANY HE DRIVES FOR COULD FACE CHARGES AS WELL. 53 YEAR-OLD AHMED ABDI IS SAID TO HAVE PICKED UP AN INTOXICATED WOMAN, AND TAKEN HER TO A LOCAL MOTEL. ONCE THERE HE TOOK MONEY FROM HER PURSE AND RENTED A ROOM, AND THEN HE ALLEGEDLY SEXUALLY BATTERED HER THERE. NOT ONLY DOES ABDI REPORTEDLY HAVE A HISTORY OF ARRESTS AROUND SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, HE DID NOT HAVE A LEGAL PERMIT TO DRIVE A CAB HERE, AND SO THE COMPANY THAT EMPLOYED HIM (SANTA CRUZ TRANSPORTATION) COULD FACE PENALTIES FOR ALLOWING HIM TO DRIVE ONE OF THEIR CABS.
