Former Lyft driver convicted of raping passenger

COBB COUNTY, Ga. (FOX 5 Atlanta) - Tuesday morning, a Cobb County judge will sentence a former Lyft driver who raped one of his passengers.

Monday afternoon, Jerome Antonio Booze was found guilty in the December 2016 assault for raping an intoxicated passenger.

Police said Booze picked up the victim at the Anchor Bar in Atlanta then took her to the parking lot of her Smyrna apartment complex where he raped her.

Tuesday, a judge sentenced Booze to 35 years in prison.

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