Man who ‘posed as Uber driver to target drunk students’ is arrested wearing fake penis
A FAKE Uber driver who allegedly targeted drunk college students was arrested behind the wheel of his car wearing a plastic penis, it’s been reported.
Cops say when Tommy Wayne Beard was pulled over at a routine stop they found an unconscious 22-year-old in the back of his car.
He was driving away from her home in Alabama when stopped, according to officers from the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit.
Police also say found photos on his phone of unconscious clothed women in the backseat of his “cab” that focused on their “breast and crotch area.”
Court records also claim the 62-year-old was wearing a “fully-erect” artificial penis at the time.
He now faces charges of first and second-degree kidnapping and impersonating a transportation network service driver.
During the March arrest, Beard told Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Officer he was an Uber driver and was taking the woman home.
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However, when cops woke the woman up she couldn’t remember getting in the vehicle.
Beard was allowed to go home, but police obtained a warrant a few days later and charged him with first-degree kidnapping on March 8.
He was released from jail after placing a $45,000 bond.
After the arrest, police seized a loaded firearm, his Uber vehicle sign and the artificial male genitalia device he had been wearing.
The felony charges were prompted after police found photos on his phone of other young women who appeared to be unconscious in the back of his vehicle.
TVCU investigators say Beard later admitted he wasn’t an actual Uber driver and had been posing as one to pick people up.
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“One of the victims was discovered walking out of the woods in that part of the county and we didn’t know what happened to her,” said TCVU assistant commander Capt. Kip Hart.
“She didn’t know what happened to her.”
Beard could face additional charges and his bond is set at $30,000. Anyone with additional information should call the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit.