Overview
- The jury verdict, announced Friday, found Orlando Vilchez Lazo guilty on 11 felonies including kidnapping and rape, exposing him to more than 100 years to life with sentencing expected in late April.
- Prosecutors said he posed as a rideshare driver outside San Francisco clubs using Uber or Lyft decals to lure women he then drove to secluded areas for assaults.
- DNA links connected the 2013 and 2018 attacks, with lineup IDs and survivors’ phones recovered from his home reinforcing the case.
- Undercover San Francisco police arrested him in July 2018 after spotting a car with rideshare stickers circling near Howard and Second streets.
- Uber said he never drove for its platform, while Lyft said he had driven for it after lying about his immigration status.