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Man in East Coast rapes arraigned in Prince George’s Co.
UPPER MARLBORO — A Connecticut man serving multiple life sentences for a series of sexual assaults has appeared remotely in a Prince George’s County court. Aaron Thomas was arraigned Friday on charges of first-degree rape and other offenses, appearing in court via closed circuit television. Thomas is accused of being the “East Coast Rapist” for […]
Two more life terms for ‘East Coast Rapist’
LEESBURG, Va. — A Connecticut man has received two more life sentences for the 2001 kidnapping and rape of a Leesburg woman that was one of many rapes linked to a man identified by authorities as the “East Coast Rapist.” The life terms imposed Friday by a Loudoun County judge come on top of three […]
‘East Coast Rapist’ sentenced to life in prison
MANASSAS, Va. — A Connecticut man accused of being the “East Coast Rapist” in a series of assaults over more than a decade from Rhode Island to Virginia was sentenced to life in prison Friday. The three life terms, plus 80 years, imposed on Aaron Thomas of New Haven, Conn., followed his guilty plea last […]
Plea deal falls through in East Coast rapes case
MANASSAS, Va. — A plea deal for a Connecticut man accused of a series of rapes along the East Coast fell through Tuesday after the defendant told a judge he wasn’t sure he knew what he was doing. A plea hearing had been scheduled in Prince William County for Aaron Thomas, who is charged with […]
East Coast rape suspect: Women were objects
WASHINGTON — The accused East Coast Rapist says he doesn’t know why he couldn’t stop attacking women for nearly two decades. “They were objects,” Aaron Thomas told The Washington Post in a series of telephone interviews from his jail cell in Virginia’s Prince William County. “Whoever came down the street, an object. … It’s awful. […]
Man suspected in East Coast rapes indicted in Va.
WASHINGTON — A man suspected in a series of sexual assaults up and down the East Coast has been indicted in Virginia and could stand trial this summer. A grand jury in Prince William County, Va., returned an indictment Tuesday charging Aaron Thomas with abducting three teenage trick-or-treaters on Halloween 2009 and raping two of […]
Suspect in East Coast rapes arraigned in Virginia
MANASSAS, Va. — A Connecticut man who police believe is responsible for a series of sexual assaults along the East Coast over more than a decade was arraigned Wednesday in Virginia on charges of raping two teenage trick-or-treaters in 2009. Aaron Thomas, 40, was extradited Tuesday from Connecticut to Virginia and made an initial appearance […]
Suspect in East Coast rapes to be extradited to Virginia
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Connecticut judge on Monday agreed to send a man suspected in rapes along the East Coast to Virginia, where he faces more charges and a longer sentence if convicted. New Haven Superior Court Judge Roland Fasano said he would proceed with the extradition of Aaron Thomas, who kept his head […]
Suspect in East Coast rapes could stand trial in Virginia
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Connecticut prosecutors will try to send a man suspected in rape cases along the East Coast to face trial first in Virginia, where a prosecutor asked for him to be extradited to answer for “heinous crimes.” Aaron Thomas was arrested in March in his hometown of New Haven, and authorities say […]
DNA may link rape suspect to Maryland case
WASHINGTON — DNA evidence may link a man suspected in rape cases along the East Coast to another sexual assault in Maryland, and police there said they plan to file charges if lab tests confirm a match, authorities said Monday. Officer Kelly Lawson, a spokeswoman for the Greenbelt Police Department, told The Associated Press that […]
Suspect in East Coast rapes pleads not guilty
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A man suspected in a series of rapes along the East Coast has pleaded not guilty in a Connecticut case. Aaron Thomas appeared briefly Tuesday in New Haven Superior Court on a charge that he raped a woman in New Haven in 2007. His attorney, public defender Joseph Lopez, entered the […]
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 […]
