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East Coast Rapist

Accused East Coast Rapist Faces More Charges In Md.

He’s already serving five life sentences but now the man known as the East Coast rapist faces more charges here in Maryland, where officials believe his violent crime wave began.

2013/03/26

Serial ‘East Coast Rapist’ Sentenced To Life In Prison

A Connecticut man who became known as the “East Coast Rapist” for a series of sexual assaults over more than a decade from Rhode Island to Virginia has been sentenced to life in prison.

2013/03/01

Suspect In East Coast Rapes Again Set To Plead

The suspect in a series of rapes and sexual assaults along the East Coast over the last 15 years is again scheduled to plead guilty.

2012/11/21

East Coast Rapist Expected To Plead Guilty For 17 Attacks

The man who admits to being the so-called East Coast rapist is due in court Tuesday in Virginia. Aaron Thomas, 41, is expected to plead guilty to several attacks on women.

2012/11/12

East Coast Rape Suspect: Women Were Objects

The man suspected in rape cases along the East Coast says he doesn’t know why he couldn’t stop attacking women for nearly two decades.

2012/11/11

Insanity Hearing For Accused East Coast Rapist

Lawyers for the man accused by authorities of being the East Coast Rapist allegedly responsible for 17 sexual assaults over a decade say their client is making it difficult to enter an insanity plea for him.

2012/06/04

AP Sources: East Coast Rape Suspect Spoke Of Earlier Offenses

A Connecticut man suspected of rapes along the East Coast since 1997 told investigators he began committing sexual offenses six years before that, two law enforcement officials familiar with the case said Tuesday.

2011/03/22

Loudoun County Indicts ‘East Coast Rapist’ Suspect

A grand jury in Loudoun County has indicted the man that police believe is the East Coast Rapist, responsible for rapes and other attacks on 17 women since 1997.

2011/03/15

East Coast Rapist Suspect Headed To Court Monday

The man suspected of terrorizing women with sexual assaults from Virginia to Rhode Island over 12 years is scheduled to appear in court in Connecticut.

2011/03/07

Police: Serial Rape Suspect Tried To Hang Self

The man suspected of terrorizing women with sexual assaults from Virginia to Rhode Island over 12 years
tried to hang himself in his cell Saturday, but survived and was treated at a hospital, police said.

2011/03/06

Police: DNA Confirms Suspect ‘East Coast Rapist’

Some neighbors considered Aaron Thomas an odd nuisance, a man who lifted weights in the front yard, parked a loud tractor-trailer in their residential neighborhood and ran or rode his bike unfathomable distances. His girlfriend’s son called him laid back.

2011/03/05

East Coast Rapist Suspect Identified

A man believed to be responsible for rapes and other attacks on 17 women since 1997 and dubbed the East Coast Rapist has been arrested in Connecticut, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

2011/03/04

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