Brother of Massachusetts’ attorney general sentenced to prison for raping multiple women while posing as a fake Uber driver.
A man who preyed on Boston’s nightlife by posing as an Uber driver before sexually assaulting multiple intoxicated women has been sentenced to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of a series of violent crimes.
Alvin Campbell, 45, the brother of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, received a life sentence on Monday after being convicted on 21 of 22 charges tied to a years-long pattern of targeting vulnerable women leaving bars and entertainment venues throughout Boston, according to prosecutors.
Earlier this month, a Suffolk County jury found Campbell guilty of multiple offenses, including rape, kidnapping, and indecent assault and battery, bringing an end to a case involving numerous victims and years of investigation.
During the trial, prosecutors described a deliberate pattern in which Campbell allegedly targeted women who were too intoxicated to protect themselves or fully recall the assaults.
According to prosecutors, he took advantage of women who were too impaired to give consent or resist, and recorded some of the assaults on his cellphone, allegedly keeping the videos as “mementos.” Those recordings later became crucial evidence presented during the trial.
One of Campbell’s rape convictions carries a life sentence with the possibility of parole after 15 years. However, because of his additional rape convictions, he would still be required to serve decades more in prison even if parole were granted on that count, making it highly unlikely that he will ever be released.
Prosecutors said Campbell spent years driving through downtown Boston after bars closed between 2017 and 2019, intentionally looking for women who had been drinking and persuading them that he was their rideshare driver.
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said the victims’ accounts were “chillingly similar,” pointing to what prosecutors described as a consistent pattern of predatory behavior.
Investigators testified that Campbell’s SUV was covered with Uber logos and decals, even though he was no longer affiliated with the rideshare company.
“Night after night, Alvin Campbell drove into downtown Boston as the bars were closing, searching for targets—young women who had consumed too much alcohol and believed he was a legitimate rideshare driver,” prosecutor Lynn Murphy told jurors during the trial.
Murphy told jurors that Campbell deliberately sought out women he believed he could sexually assault, describing them as vulnerable victims he intended to exploit. She added that many of the women had little or no memory of who he was or what had happened because of their level of intoxication.
The jury heard that Campbell frequently waited outside some of Boston’s busiest nightlife venues, including TD Garden, The Harp, and Lansdowne Pub, where he allegedly picked up intoxicated women before driving them to locations where the assaults took place.
Court records state that the assaults occurred inside Campbell’s SUV, at his apartment in Cumberland, Rhode Island, or at the victims’ own homes.
According to the criminal complaint, investigators found a recurring pattern in the attacks: Campbell allegedly posed as a rideshare driver—and in one instance as a bar employee—to gain the trust of women leaving downtown Boston venues. Prosecutors said he specifically targeted women who were too intoxicated to consent to sexual activity or resist the assaults.
Campbell’s defense argued that the sexual encounters were consensual, contending that the women had misremembered what happened because they had been drinking.
According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, the investigation that ultimately identified Campbell as a suspect stemmed from an alleged assault on the night of December 6, 2019.
Prosecutors said Campbell posed as a rideshare driver and picked up a woman outside The Harp in downtown Boston after the Uber she had requested through the app unexpectedly left without her.
The woman, who had been drinking, entered Campbell’s black SUV believing she was being driven home. Investigators said she lost consciousness in the back seat during the ride.
Prosecutors alleged that Campbell sexually assaulted her inside the vehicle before taking her to his apartment in Cumberland, Rhode Island, where he raped her. They also said he recorded the assaults on video.
The woman later regained consciousness inside Campbell’s apartment, experiencing groin pain and a chest injury. According to court records, Campbell then drove her to a CVS pharmacy and left her there.
She was able to return home and later sought medical care, undergoing a sexual assault examination before reporting the incident to the Boston Police Department.
Detectives identified Campbell’s SUV from surveillance video, which ultimately led them to his home in Rhode Island.
When police executed a search warrant and went through the contents of Campbell’s phone, they found videos showing him groping and raping the woman in his car.
‘The clips showed her both clothed and naked. Campbell addressed her by name and commented crudely about her body.’
He said at one point, ‘Raise your eyebrow if you’re all right,’ and later ‘Do you want to go upstairs to your house or come to my house?” according to documents obtained by Boston Herald.
A DNA test comparing a swab from the victim’s rape kit and a sample from Campbell produced a match, the prosecutors said.
A search of the suspect’s car and home yielded a luggage tag bearing the victim’s name.
In a statement, Suffolk DA Rollins called on people out enjoying the warmer weather to be vigilant for ‘questionable or predatory behavior’.
‘Women have every right to partake in and enjoy an evening out, to drink and to have fun without risk or fear of being harassed, violated or harmed,’ she said in a statement.
‘Men need to start speaking to their sons, their brothers and colleagues about the new vision of masculinity and working to end violence against women and girls.’
