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Agencies pointing blame after Uber driver accused of rape flees country

Questions linger after an Uber driver charged with raping his passenger was able to post bail and flee the country.

Frederick Amfo allegedly locked the doors and raped his passenger in the backseat of his car on April 8. When Amfo appeared in court, his bail was set at $10,000 and he was given 24 hours to surrender his passport if he made bail. Amfo reportedly posted bail and fled to his native Ghana.

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Boston 25 News reported Bob Ward learned on Tuesday afternoon from ICE that Amfo was in the United State illegally:

"That detainer should have followed the alien as he transferred from the Quincy Court House. The court chose not to forward the detainer to Norfolk County, allowing for his subsequent release on bail from custody."

Bob Ward spoke with the victim in this case on Tuesday. She said the legal process let her down and she wants to see some accountability.

Amfo's case now has local, state and federal agencies pointing blame at each other. The issue is how did Amfo, an illegal resident, post bail and likely flee the county when federal authorities had a detainer on him?

Amfo's police booking sheet clearly indicates that a detainer was in Amfo's file.

Bob Ward was told that detainer, the only copy, was sent to Quincy District Court along with Amfo's arrest file, but Quincy court told Boston 25 News that it never saw the immigration detainer, saying:

"The Quincy District Court did not receive an immigration detainer document for Frederic Amfo. Had the court received a copy of an immigration detainer, it would have forwarded that detainer to the House of Correction."