Charges: Metro Transit Bus Driver Refused to Let Teen off Bus, Demanded Sex
Updated: 10/10/2015 11:01 PM
Created: 10/10/2015 1:42 PM KSTP.com
By: Cassie Hart
A Metro Transit bus driver was arrested and accused of refusing to let a pregnant teenage girl off the bus and demanding oral sex, according to a criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County District Court.
Mahmud Dabshir Aden, 32, of Minneapolis is charged with soliciting for prostitution. He was arrested Wednesday by Metro Transit Police after the 16-year-old girl filed a complaint.
According to the criminal complaint, about 10:16 p.m. the teen boarded the #7 bus driven by Aden near the 46th Street Light Rail Station in Minneapolis. The victim said although she pulled the cord indicating she wanted to get off at the next stop, Aden did not stop.
Aden continued to drive until his layover at 34th Avenue South and Highway 62. The compliant states Aden told the victim if she would “suck on his private parts” he would give her $100 and a cellphone.
The girl refused and asked Aden to take her back to where she wanted to get dropped off. According to the complaint he turned off the bus lights and exposed himself to the teen.
The victim said after she continued to tell Aden no, he finally turned the lights back on and drove her to her stop. The victim was then picked up by a family member around 10:36 p.m.
Metro Transit Police pulled surveillance video from Aden's route, which supported the victim’s report. Aden also admitted he hugged the victim while is genitals were exposed, the complaint states.
Aden is being held on $100,000 bail in the Hennepin County Jail.
