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Arrest made in serial rape case
by Julie Wigley
Issue date: 10/23/07 Section: News
A serial rapist has been arrested in Delaware.
On Oct. 16, Ramazan Sahin, a 22-year-old man, was apprehended in Bear, Del. in connection with a series of rapes that began in May.
Cpl. Jeff Whitmarsh of the Delaware State Police Department said Sahin is not associated with the rapes that occurred on campus last year.
According to police, Sahin was charged with several counts of rape, unlawful sexual contact, kidnapping and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony.
Whitmarsh said the suspect targeted prostitutes and women walking on the street looking for rides.
"He would pick them up in his car and threaten them with a knife to perform sexual acts," he said.
Undercover police officers were positioned outside of Lums Pond State Park, he said. Sahin was taken into custody when he was seen driving his black Honda Prelude on Old Summit Road at Old County Road.
According to police, a woman he picked up in Elkton was in the car with Sahin. She was unharmed when police intervened and took Sahin into custody.
On Oct. 3, police sent out a citizen advisory which stated that there was a connection between four sexual assault incidents against women. The three prior attacks occurred in the area the week before.
The suspect approached the women, offered them a ride and then took them to different locations in Bear and Glasgow, where he sexually assaulted them.
According to a police press release on Oct. 4, an update was added to the advisory, stating a fifth sexual assault had occurred, which police connected to the same suspect.
Whitmarsh said along with the events on Oct. 3 and 4, Sahin is also being charged for incidents that occurred on May 24, Sept. 25 and 26 and Oct. 1.
These are the only occurrences Sahin is currently being charged with, he said. Eleven other assaults reported from last September to the present are not being connected to Sahin at this time.
On Oct. 16, Ramazan Sahin, a 22-year-old man, was apprehended in Bear, Del. in connection with a series of rapes that began in May.
Cpl. Jeff Whitmarsh of the Delaware State Police Department said Sahin is not associated with the rapes that occurred on campus last year.
According to police, Sahin was charged with several counts of rape, unlawful sexual contact, kidnapping and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony.
Whitmarsh said the suspect targeted prostitutes and women walking on the street looking for rides.
"He would pick them up in his car and threaten them with a knife to perform sexual acts," he said.
Undercover police officers were positioned outside of Lums Pond State Park, he said. Sahin was taken into custody when he was seen driving his black Honda Prelude on Old Summit Road at Old County Road.
According to police, a woman he picked up in Elkton was in the car with Sahin. She was unharmed when police intervened and took Sahin into custody.
On Oct. 3, police sent out a citizen advisory which stated that there was a connection between four sexual assault incidents against women. The three prior attacks occurred in the area the week before.
The suspect approached the women, offered them a ride and then took them to different locations in Bear and Glasgow, where he sexually assaulted them.
According to a police press release on Oct. 4, an update was added to the advisory, stating a fifth sexual assault had occurred, which police connected to the same suspect.
Whitmarsh said along with the events on Oct. 3 and 4, Sahin is also being charged for incidents that occurred on May 24, Sept. 25 and 26 and Oct. 1.
These are the only occurrences Sahin is currently being charged with, he said. Eleven other assaults reported from last September to the present are not being connected to Sahin at this time.
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