Silver Spring Man Arrested in Two PG County Rapes

A Silver Spring man has been arrested on charges that he raped two women in separate Temple Hills attacks within two hours Friday night, Prince George’s County Police say.

Al Louis Bell, 22, of the 3300 block of Tea Garden Circle in Silver Spring, has reportedly confessed in both cases. He is charged with two counts of first-degree rape, first-degree assault and other related offenses, police say.

The first sexual assault occurred Friday night at about 8:20 p.m. in the 3800 block of St. Barnabas Road in Temple Hills. Investigators say Bell sexually assaulted an acquaintance inside an apartment building.

At about 10:10 p.m. Friday, police say Bell attacked a second woman, this time someone he didn’t know.

The woman was walking alone in the 3900 block of Silver Hill Road in Temple Hills when Bell allegedly grabbed her and forced her to walk to a nearby vacant home on Cedar Drive. Once inside the home, Bell sexually assaulted the victim, authorities charge.

Officers arrested Bell Saturday morning at a relative’s home in Alexandria, VA.

»Photo of rape suspect Al Louis Bell, courtesy of Prince George’s County Police