John Pastor-Mendoza Convicted of Sexually Assaulting and Kidnapping Numerous Women While Posing as a Ride-Share Driver

DENVER — Denver District Attorney Beth McCann has announced that John Pastor-Mendoza was convicted today of 30 charges related to the kidnapping, sexual assault, and attempted sexual assault of 12 women.

Between 2018 and 2022, Pastor-Mendoza falsely responded as the driver when the women used a ride-sharing app to request a ride. He would either sexually assault his victims in his vehicle or take them to another location and assault them there.

Pastor-Mendoza was convicted of kidnapping 12 women, sexually assaulting two of them and attempting to sexually assault seven others.

Sentencing is scheduled for March 7.

“I am very pleased with the jury’s verdict, which ensures that Mr. Pastor-Mendoza will be held accountable for his heinous crimes. I first want to thank the jurors for their service during this lengthy trial.  I also want to thank the prosecutors, investigators, victim advocates and paralegals in my office, as well as the detectives and digital evidence analysts with the Denver Police Department, for their outstanding work on the case.  Most of all, however, I want to acknowledge Mr. Pastor-Mendoza’s victims, whose courage in coming forward and testifying at trial resulted in today’s outcome,” said DA McCann.

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Our mission is to professionally and competently prosecute crimes and investigate criminal activity on behalf of the people of the State of Colorado and to seek equal justice for all in the criminal justice system. Our mission also includes the prevention and deterrence of crimes, support of the well-being of victims, participation in the community, transparency, accountability, and improvement of the criminal justice system to provide fair alternatives to incarceration in appropriate cases.

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