East Coast Rapist
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Aaron Thomas indicted on six rape charges in Prince George's County
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Aaron Thomas has already been sentenced to five life terms plus 80 years in connection with a series of sexual assaults in Leesburg and Prince William County.
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Aaron Thomas sentenced to two life terms for Leesburg attack
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The man dubbed “The East Coast rapist” was sentenced Friday to two life terms in connection with a 2001 rape and kidnapping in Leesburg.
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Aaron Thomas, East Coast Rapist, sentenced to three life terms in prison
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A Prince William County judge showed no mercy Friday to the man who was responsible for as many as 17 attacks across Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
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Aaron Thomas, suspected East Coast Rapist, pleads guilty in Prince William County
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The suspected East Coast Rapist pleaded guilty to additional rape and abduction counts Friday in Prince William County a day after he admitted guilt in Loudoun County.
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Aaron Thomas, suspected East Coast rapist, pleads guilty
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The accused East Coast rapist pleaded guilty to one count of rape and one count of abduction in a Loudoun County courtroom Thursday.
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East Coast rapist: Aaron Thomas backs out of plea deal
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Aaron Thomas, the man who allegedly raped more than a dozen women across the East Coast for more than a decade, has backed out of a plea deal in Prince William County in connection to the rape of two girls in Northern Virginia.
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East Coast rape suspect: Women were objects
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"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. It's scary. ... I don't know why I couldn't just stop."
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Aaron Thomas, accused East Coast rapist, denied second competency evaluation
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A judge agreed with prosecutors that there was no reason for a new evaluation for the suspected East Coast rapist. A prior report concluded Thomas was feigning mental illness.
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Aaron Thomas, accused East Coast Rapist, declared competent to stand trial
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As three of the girls he allegedly victimized looked on Thursday, 40-year-old Aaron Thomas, the accused East Coast Rapist, was formally charged with two counts of rape in a Prince William County court.
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Aaron Thomas, accused East Coast rapist, indicted in Virginia
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A grand jury in Prince William County formally charged Aaron Thomas on Tuesday with abducting three teenage trick-or-treaters on Halloween 2009 and raping two of them.
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Aaron Thomas' first court appearance lasts only five minutes
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In hearing that lasted all of five minutes Wednesday morning, Aaron Thomas immediately demanded access to an attorney. He faces eight counts of rape, abduction and use of a firearm.
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Suspected East Coast rapist now in Prince William's custody
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Aaron Thomas, accused of raping 17 women along the East Coast, is now in the custody of Prince William County Police in Manassas.
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Aaron Thomas, suspected rapist, to be extradicted to Virginia
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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.
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Aaron Thomas, accused East Coast Rapist, to fight extradition to Virginia
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Prosecutors in the case against, Aaron Thomas, the man who stands accused of raping and attacking 17 women throughout the East Coast, are planning to have him extradited to Virginia.
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Police: East Coast rapist linked to 1999 Md. assault
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A man suspected in a series of rapes along the East Coast, including Virginia and Maryland, may be connected to another sexual assault in Maryland.
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East Coast Rapist: Suspect in rapes from Virginia to Connecticut goes back to court
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Aaron Thomas, the alleged "East Coast Rapist" who is from Virginia and also lived in Prince George's County, is due in court. Authorities say DNA confirms he's responsible for rapes and other attacks on 17 women from Virginia to Connecticut.
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