A rideshare driver accused of raping a passenger in Somerville, Massachusetts, has been arrested.

The Middlesex County District Attorney's Office said Monday that the Lyft driver, identified as 27-year-old Luis Carlos Ramos Teixeira of Brockton, was arrested Sunday.

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Police in Somerville spoke with an adult woman at a hospital Friday after she disclosed she had been sexually assaulted. Authorities identified Teixeira as the suspect.

Teixeira is accused of picking the woman up at a location in Boston, bringing her to her home in Somerville.

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He allegedly assaulted the woman in the backseat of the car when they arr

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