ASPEN — A Saudi Arabian man allegedly exposed himself to an Aspen taxi driver while in the vehicle, and then poured cocaine on him during a ride to the St. Regis Hotel last weekend, according to court documents.
Majed Alhamad, 23, later admitted he was intoxicated and told Aspen police officers “he wanted to go ‘extreme’ while in Aspen,” according to an affidavit filed in District Court on Friday.
The 60-year-old driver for High Mountain Taxi told police that Alhamad — whose booking sheet lists him as a student in Los Angeles — offered him cocaine “a number of times” on the ride early Friday morning to the St. Regis, but the driver refused, the affidavit states.
The taxi driver also said Alhamad “exposed his genitals to him” and “opened the small baggie of cocaine and spilled it on him,” the affidavit states.
Alhamad admitted to buying the cocaine for $100 from someone on the street he didn’t know, the affidavit states.
“Alhamad stated he knew it was not real cocaine and stated it was baby powder,” according to the affidavit. “I asked Alhamad how he knew it was not cocaine and he said it smelled like baby powder and he had done cocaine in the past.”
Alhamad was charged with felony possession of cocaine and harassment.
