Mt. Airy Area Sex Assault, Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested: Report

MT. AIRY, PHILADELPHIA – Hours after Philadelphia Police issued an alert for a man suspected of two armed robberies and a gunpoint sexual assault in the Mt. Airy area recently, an 18-year-old man was taken into custody in connection with the crimes.

The man was arrested late Tuesday evening after police found a jacket matching the one seen in the police alert in a home while serving a search warrant looking for the suspect, 6ABC reports.

Authorities have yet to release the suspect's name.

He was wanted in connection with two armed robberies on Nov. 20 and a gunpoint sexual assault that occurred on Nov. 26.

6ABC reports all the victims were boys and the crimes were apparently random.

The first incident occurred on the 400 block of East Washington Lane at about 4:15 p.m. on Nov. 20, police said. The victim was walking down the street when a man approached the victim, pulled a handgun from his waistband and pointed it at the victim demanding the victim's property, according to police.

After taking the victim's cell phone and $3, the suspect fled heading west on Musgrave Street, police said.

Then, just minutes later at 4:35 p.m. on the 6300 block of Chew Avenue, a victim was approached by a man who pulled out a handgun and forced the victim into a vacant garage, police said. Inside the garage, the suspect took the victim's iPhone6 and fled, police said.

Then at about 4:40 p.m. on Nov. 26, a victim was walking on the 40 block of East Pleasant Street when a man pulled a gun on the victim and forced the victim into an alley, police said. In the alley, the suspect forced the victim to take their clothes off, then sexually assaulted the victim, according to police.

Image via Shutterstock