A North Miami Beach Uber driver has been arrested after police say he had inappropriate contact with a 15‑year‑old passenger who requested a ride through the app, according to police.

The teen reported the incident shortly after the trip, leading to the driver – identified as 39-year-old Jose Miguel Perez-Molina – being charged with lewd and lascivious conduct, police said.

Perez-Molina was arrested by Sunny Isles Beach police.

Affidavit details ride interaction

The teen requested an Uber Teens ride from Aventura to Sunny Isles Beach on Dec. 7, according to the affidavit.

She told police the conversation was normal until the driver asked if she was single and told her she was lying, saying, "How could a girl like you be pretty and single?"

When she told him she was 15, he respond

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