An 18-year-old University student reported she was raped at an unknown location after getting into a taxi downtown early Sunday, according to Athens-Clarke County police.

The woman said she was driven around for about two hours, according to police, and she repeatedly told the driver her address and that she wanted to go home. At some point, the driver stopped at an unknown location and raped the woman, according to police.

The accused rapist is described as an Hispanic male in his 20s with a scruffy beard and a thick accent, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 180 pounds, ACC Police Capt. Clarence Holeman said.

The incident occurred between midnight and 2:55 a.m. The police made contact with the woman early Sunday at the corner of Baxter Street and Milledge Avenue, Holeman said.

Holeman said alcohol was involved in the incident.

Similar cases of rape have happened in the past.

In September of 2009, a University student reported being kidnapped and assaulted.

The 20-year-old student reported she was abducted by an Hispanic male driving an SUV on Milledge Avenue and taken to Jackson County, according to the ACC police report.

The report states the student was found wearing only a blanket and her underwear.

In 2008, a woman told police she was sexually assaulted by a man driving a white van after he asked her if she needed a ride.

In two separate incidents in September 2007, two women reported being abducted in a white van in downtown Athens after being offered a ride.

“We had a similar case happen about three years ago on a football weekend,” Holeman said.

The incidents occurred following the Georgia-South Carolina football game that year.

But Holeman said he did not think the case from last weekend and the football weekend cases from 2007 were related. The suspect in the older cases does not match the description given for the suspect in the most recent incident.

“I don’t think it’s the same person that we were looking for three years ago,” Holeman said.

The rape reported early Sunday marks the 13th rape reported in Athens since June.

Last weekend, a 30-year-old woman reported she was raped early Saturday after she was walking home from a friend’s house when a man grabbed her near the intersection of College Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, according to an ACC report.

In August, a 20-year-old University student reported a rape downtown, but the claim was later determined to be unfounded.

At this time, though, Holeman said he would treat this rape report as legitimate.

“We’re not even thinking about unfounded claims,” he said. “We’re going to investigate it.”

Police Report for early Saturday reported rape