DART contract driver Samson Assefa Lemma arrested for raping disabled woman

By CNN Newsource

Published June 15, 2022 1:25 PM

By ANNIE GIMBEL

GARLAND, Texas (KTVT) — Detectives are searching for more potential victims of Samson Assefa Lemma, a DART contract driver who was arrested for aggravated sexual assault of a disabled person.

Police said Lemma, 44, picked up the 23-year-old victim from her home in Garland on June 6. The woman has a diagnosed mental disability. Lemma was supposed to take her to work.

Detectives said evidence indicates that during the transport Lemma sexually assaulted the victim.

He was employed as a contract driver to transport people with disabilities for DART. Based on the investigation, detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Lemma. He was arrested on June 14 just before 8:30 p.m. at his home in the 3000 block of Lake Terrace Drive, in Wylie.

Lemma is currently in the Garland Detention Center. No bond was set at the time of this report.

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