GARY, Ind — What started as a routine Uber ride to a work release program ended with a trip to jail, Indiana State Police said Monday.

The driver, a woman from Gary, picked up 22-year-old Isaiah Malik Johnson on Arizona Street, heading to the Lake County Community Corrections Kimbrough Center in Crown Point.

According to the driver, Johnson initially rode in the front seat and then began making inappropriate comments. She says he exposed himself and acted in a sexually suggestive manner. The driver asked him to leave the vehicle multiple times and reported the incident to staff after arriving at the Kimbrough Center.

Indiana State Police detectives from the Lowell Post were called in to investigate on Oct. 8. Johnson admitted asking for the driver’s phone number but denied any indecent

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