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Suspect in East Coast Rapes Held on $1.5M Bail

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A man who lived a Jekyll-and-Hyde lifestyle as he sexually assaulted women from Virginia to Rhode Island over 12 years asked, "Why haven't you picked me up sooner?" when he was arrested last week, a prosecutor said Monday in court. Aaron Thomas, 39, wore sunglasses and a baseball cap as he appeared in...

Police: Serial Rape Suspect Tried to Hang Self

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The man suspected of terrorizing women with sexual assaults from Virginia to Rhode Island over 12 years tried to hang himself in his cell Saturday, but survived and was treated at a hospital, police said. Aaron Thomas, 39, was returned to jail after a brief hospital stay, New Haven police Officer Joe...

East Coast Rapist Suspect Arrested in Connecticut

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A man suspected of terrorizing women with sexual assaults from Virginia to Rhode Island over a span of 12 years as the so-called East Coast Rapist has been arrested in Connecticut, federal and local authorities said. The suspect, 39-year-old Aaron Thomas, was facing questioning by investigators...

Police Hunting for 'East Coast Rapist'

(March 16) -- Police in four states are hunting for an elusive serial rapist who they say is responsible for at least a dozen rapes over the past 13 years. Dubbed the "East Coast Rapist," the perpetrator has been linked to 12 rapes of women and teens in Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The first known...

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Notorious 'East Coast Rapist' Suspect Charged

DNA confirmed that a man arrested Friday in Connecticut is the East Coast Rapist suspected of terrorizing women with sexual assaults...

Background on East Coast Rapist

The East Coast Rapist is a black male who has committed a number of rapes in Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, and Rhode Island since 1997. Police have had DNA evidence from the first attacks, but had not matched the DNA in any criminal database.

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