‘East Coast Rapist’ Suspect Is Arrested in Connecticut

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Source: Associated Press

Filed at 7:08 p.m. EST

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man believed to be responsible for rapes and other attacks on 17 women in several states since 1997 and dubbed the East Coast Rapist has been arrested, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

The suspect, whose name was not immediately released, was captured Friday afternoon based on a lead from authorities in Virginia, U.S. Marshal Joe Faughnan said.

U.S. marshals detained the man in New Haven, one of New England's biggest cities, and he was being held by police for questioning, police spokesman Officer Joseph Avery said. No charges had been filed against the man, who has a New Haven address and is about 40 years old, he said.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/03/04/us/AP-US-East-Coast-Rapist.html

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Read more about this guy at the America's Most Wanted site.

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1. K&R.nt

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2. Suspect's name is Aaron H. Thomas

According to CNN: "...DNA evidence links to four attacks in Prince George's County, Maryland (between 1997 and 2001); Fairfax County, Virginia (between 1999 and 2001); Leesburg, Virginia (in 2001); Cranston, Rhode Island (in 2006); New Haven (in 2007); and Prince William County, Virginia (in 2009). It has police sketches of the suspect, from the various locales."

The Dept. of Justice used the site EastCoastRapist.com to seek the public's help too.

Also, ABC describes Thomas as "6 feet tall, and as a trim black man in his 30s."

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3. They have DNA on him. I'm guessing VA will get him first. n/t