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Uber driver says passenger sexually assaulted her in Suffolk

Police said Jeffery Paxton sexually assaulted his Uber driver on Kings Highway in Chuckatuck.
Credit: Suffolk Police Department
Jeffery Allen Paxton

SUFFOLK, Va. — An Uber driver said her passenger sexually assaulted her on August 7. Now, he faces a charge of Sexual Battery.

Suffolk police arrested Jeffery Allen Paxton, 54, on August 9.

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Credit: Suffolk Police Department
Jeffery Allen Paxton

The Uber driver contacted officers around 12:42 a.m. on August 7. She told them that she was driving her car when her passenger assaulted her near Kings Highway and Bridge Point Trail. That's in the Chuckatuck section of the city.

The police investigation led officers to Paxton.

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