Local Crime/Safety Alert

East Coast Rapist sentenced to life in Prince William attack

Aaron Thomas, 41, who became known as the East Coast Rapist, has been sentenced to three life terms plus 80 years in prison for a Halloween 2009 attack on three teenagers in Prince William County. Thomas has admitted he raped numerous women in several states over two decades.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/east-coast-rapist-scheduled-to-be-sentenced-friday-in-prince-william/2013/03/01/b44cadc0-827f-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_story.html

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