Crime & Safety
Alleged Serial Rapist in Crimes Dating Back to 2011 Caught [Updated]
Suspect believed to have committed rapes in eight jurisdictions; investigation may link suspect to similar crimes in other communities.
METRO DETROIT, MI — A suspected serial rapist believed to be responsible for sexual assaults and home invasions dating back to 2011 in at least eight jurisdictions has been arrested, the Dearborn Police Department said in a news release Thursday.
The suspect’s name hasn’t been released pending the authorization of charges, expected by week’s end. Authorities expect to discuss the case in a news conference Friday.
The arrest came after a multi-agency investigation that involved Dearborn police, Michigan State Police, the FBI, the Livonia Police Department and other neighboring departments.
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The investigation is ongoing and authorities are pursuing leads that may link the suspect to similar crimes in other communities, police said.
“The arrest of this suspect will hopefully provide closure to our victims and it is important to note that all members of this Task Force have expended an enormous amount of resources and energy into this investigation,” Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad said in the news release. “This collaborative effort along with citizen cooperation has resulted in a very dangerous predator being taken off the streets.”
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Police said last fall they had begun to see a pattern in crimes across Metro Detroit. In an Ocober news release, authorities said the suspect “enters occupied homes through unsecured first floor access points” and that police were “analyzing recovered evidence to develop a suspect.”
In November, Dearborn police said they were working with authorities in “Allen Park, Dearborn Heights, Inkster, Redford and Garden City ... to identify and arrest the suspect,” who was described a male about 6 feet tall with a medium build.
That release followed a report of a Garden City woman was raped by an intruder while her husband slept in another room.
Last month, police released surveillance photos and video of the suspect.
Photo and video via Dearborn Police Department
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