A man has been arrested in connection to a series of rapes that took place earlier this month on Detroit's east side. On Wednesday afternoon, police picked up a 31-year-old man just blocks from where one of the seven attacks took place.
Montia Tyus, the suspect's live-in girlfriend, said she was shocked to see police pull up, begin raiding their home and then take her boyfriend away:
"It's crazy," Tyus said. "I can't believe he did it -- if he did do it."
She said he would often disappear at night, telling her that he was going to a nightclub. Family members and neighbors alike are just as surprised, many in disbelief.
Apparently, forensic evidence and more than 200 tips led police to the suspect, who is on parole after serving 14 years for an assault crime with intent to murder.
Beginning Jan. 1, seven rapes -- all located in close proximity -- were reported to Detroit police. The assaults took place between the hours of 7:40 p.m. and 6:15 a.m. The women ranged in ages from 17 to 33 years of age and were usually abducted near bus stops, then taken to an abandoned home where they were raped at gunpoint.
The Detroit community has been on high alert as organizations, police and the media have been on a manhunt to catch the criminal behind this rape spree. For now, there is an air of relief as police determine whether the alleged suspect is indeed the true assailant.
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