Crime & Safety
Uber Driver Accused Of Sexual Assault Agrees To Plea Deal
Mark Saunders is accused of sexually assaulting a passenger in Boulder.
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) — An Uber driver who was arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a female passenger whom he drove home on Valentine’s Day in 2019 agreed earlier this month to reduced charges.
Prosecutors originally charged Mark Saunders, 42, with felony sexual assault and misdemeanor sexual contact. But on March 8th, prosecutors with the 20th Judicial District Attorney’s Office dismissed the sexual assault charge in exchange for simple felony assault. Saunders is scheduled to officially agree to the offer at a sentencing hearing April 30th.
According to court documents obtained by CBS4, the woman called police Feb. 15th and said she woke up wearing a shirt she had not been wearing the night before.