PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Phoenix man accused of sexually assaulting two women in the Valley over a year apart is now behind bars.

Mohammad Al Bishawi, 33, was arrested Monday in connection to two separate sexual assault cases involving a East Valley Lyft rider and a Phoenix massage therapist.

On Dec. 30, 2024, a victim told Gilbert Police that her Lyft driver tried to sexually assault her. The victim told officers that while on her way home from her friend’s house, her rideshare driver, later identified as Bishawi, kept asking her to kiss him.

When the victim refused and began scrolling on her phone, the driver allegedly threw her phone away from her and grabbed her arm before exposing himself to her.

The driver then pulled into a parking lot, which the victim believed was a school, and

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