Metro News Release

For immediate release: September 9, 2010

Metro Transit Police arrest MetroAccess driver

Man charged with sexual assault

The Metro Transit Police Department arrested a MetroAccess driver on Sunday, Sept. 5, after investigating a report of a sexual assault involving a MetroAccess customer.

Samuel E. Kingston, 59, of Gaithersburg, Md., was charged with third and fourth degree sex offense and second degree assault. Kingston is employed by Challenger Transportation, a subcontractor of MV Transportation, the contractor that provides MetroAccess service.

The victim alleges that Kingston sexually assaulted her on Aug. 27 in Montgomery County.

News release issued at 12:49 pm, September 9, 2010.