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Illegal immigrant rideshare driver charged with rape in Maryland had prior NYC sex abuse arrest

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Abdoulaye Dia, an illegal immigrant from Guinea, is charged with raping a teenage girl in Maryland after picking her up as an Empower rideshare driver. The incident occurred on Tuesday when police were alerted to the assault at a hospital; Dia was arrested Wednesday. Previously, Dia had been arrested in New York City in June for multiple sex offenses including sexual abuse and forcible touching. He entered the U.S. illegally through Arizona in December 2023 and was released by the Biden administration before his Maryland arrest.

Written by AI on 2026-09-18, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

Abdoulaye Dia, a 36-year-old citizen of Guinea who entered the United States illegally through Arizona in December 2023 and was released by the Biden administration, is facing rape charges in Maryland. On June 19, a teenage girl reported being raped by an Empower rideshare driver, identified as Dia, after he took her to a parking lot in Silver Spring. He was arrested on June 20. Dia previously faced sexual abuse charges in New York City for offenses including forcible touching and injuring a child under 17, dated June 10. Authorities are concerned there may be other victims due to the nature of his crimes.

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“While both articles mention the same individual, Abdoulaye Dia, they describe different aspects of related events: Article A focuses on Dia's rape charges in Maryland, while Article B discusses a broader political reaction to similar incidents involving illegal immigrants.”

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Topics

DHS Empower Lanham Maryland New York

Subjects

DHS ORG · 3× Dia PERSON · 3× Empower ORG · 2× Maryland ORG · 2× Abdoulaye Dia PERSON · 1× Guinea GPE · 1× Lanham GPE · 1× Montgomery County GPE · 1× New York GPE · 1× the Department of Homeland Security ORG · 1×

Narrative

Dia was previously arrested on June 10 in New York City for sexual abuse by forcible compulsion, forcible touching of the sexual/intimate parts of another person, injuring a child less than 17, and sexual abuse without consent, a DHS spokesperson told Fox News.

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2026-09-18 · Fox News

Illegal immigrant rideshare driver charged with rape in Maryland had prior NYC sex abuse arrest · assertive framing

Claims (10 extracted, 0 hedged)

An illegal immigrant rideshare driver accused of sexually assaulting a teenage female passenger in Maryland has a history of sex abuse in New York, federal authorities said. asserted

authorities → accuse → York

Abdoulaye Dia, of Lanham, Maryland, is charged with first-degree rape, kidnapping, second-degree assault, and third-degree sex offense, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said. asserted

Department → charge → Security

On Tuesday, Montgomery County Police officers were called to a hospital where an underage teen girl reported a rape. asserted

girl → call → rape

She told police that she was raped by an Empower rideshare driver. asserted

she → tell → driver

Dia, a citizen of Guinea, took her to a parking lot in Silver Spring, where the alleged assault occurred. asserted

assault → take → Spring

Investigators identified Dia through information obtained from the rideshare app. asserted

Investigators → identify → app

He was arrested Wednesday. asserted

He → arrest → ?

spokesperson → arrest → News

He entered the United States illegally through Arizona in December 2023 and was released by the Biden administration, DHS said. asserted

DHS → enter → administration

Fox News Digital has reached out to Empower for comment. asserted

Digital → reach → comment