QUINCY, FL (WTXL) - A man accused of attacking and sexually assaulting a cab driver in Gadsden County plead no contest.
According to the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office, Michael Hayes called a cab in Tallahassee on February 4, 2015. Deputies said the victim was carjacked, driven to several areas in Havana and sexually assaulted.
The victim, after reportedly being dragged out of her car, was able to escape and drive to the hospital in her taxi cab, unclothed.
According to authorities, Hayes did later confess to the assault in an interview with investigators.
At a hearing Thursday, Hayes plead no contest to charges of kidnapping, sexual assault and robbery.
Hayes received 30 years for the kidnapping charges, 15 years for the sexual assaults and 15 years for robbery, which will be served concurrently, the courts said.
