GA Man Who Posed As Priest, Raped Women Captured In Missouri: Police

DUNWOODY, GA — A Georgia man who police say posed as a priest to lure and sexually assault multiple women in the Dunwoody area has been captured in Missouri, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

Marco A. Johnson, 46, was taken into custody Wednesday in Maryland Heights, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Johnson is awaiting extradition to Georgia, the Dunwoody Police Department said in a statement.

According to police, Johnson is accused of pulling up to women walking or waiting at bus stops. He would talk to them and "gain their confidence" by telling him he was a priest and spiritual reader, police said.

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Johnson would then offer the women a ride and would take them to his Dunwoody apartment, where he would beat and sexually assault them, authorities said.

Police said Johnson victimized women in the Dunwoody, Doraville and Chamblee areas.

According to police, detectives received a tip that Johnson was in the St. Louis area. He was located with assistance from Maryland Heights and St. Louis-area police.