Crime & Safety

'Acts Of A Predator': Man Posing As Uber Driver Accused Of Attacking 8 Women In Boston

Alvin Campbell, the brother of Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell, was already being held on $250,000 bail.

BOSTON — A Rhode Island man charged in January with posing as an Uber driver to kidnap and rape a woman after she left a Boston bar has been charged with “chillingly similar crimes” against seven other women.

Alvin Campbell, the brother of Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell, was already being held on $250,000 bail. He now faces multiple charges of rape, kidnapping, and recording a nude person without consent for crimes that allegedly happened between 2017 and 2019.

Investigators say Campbell targeted women at or near bars who were intoxicated and had summoned a ride share driver.

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“The attacks on these women are the acts of a predator,” District Attorney Rachael Rollins said. “Women are entitled to go out and enjoy themselves without the fear of being preyed upon, kidnapped or raped.”

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