{"id":472239,"date":"2026-09-22T19:56:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T19:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/472239\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T19:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T19:56:44","slug":"rideshare-driver-arrested-after-allegedly-sexually-assaulting-juvenile-during-san-jose-ride-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/472239\/","title":{"rendered":"Rideshare driver arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting juvenile during San Jose ride, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stream local breaking news and original programming, live 24\/7, from ABC7 Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KGO logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790107002_165_origin-kgo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, September 22, 2026 7:28PM<\/p>\n<p>Follow ABC7 on Google<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) &#8212; A rideshare driver was arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted a juvenile in San Jose during a ride, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities say police responded to the incident on Sept. 12 just after 10:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Paseo de San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A preliminary investigation determined that the juvenile was traveling in a rideshare car when the suspect, Anuj Kumar, allegedly sexually assaulted the juvenile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police say they identified the suspect and vehicle using Flock cameras and ultimately arrested Kumar on Sept. 13 with help from the Foster City Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Kumar was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for sexual assault of a minor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police say believe there may be additional vicitms and are asking anyone with information regarding this case or similar cases to contact Detective Hoang #4684 of the San Jos\u00e9 Police Department Sexual Assaults Investigation Unit at: or 4684@sanjoseca.gov 408-277-4102.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/19858524_092226-kgo-rideshare-assault-img.jpg\"\/><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA hsDdd DbOXS oklLN GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/abc-news-live-local-watch\/11513295\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Now Streaming 24\/7 Click Here\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR WAUrb hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790107004_645_11518842_247-NOWSTREAMING_1280x720.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KGO-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stream local breaking news and original programming, live 24\/7, from ABC7 Bay Area. Tuesday, September 22, 2026 7:28PM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[185745,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-472239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-185745","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}