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Friday, February 8, 2013

Prosecution: Surveillance Videos Link Arthur Henderson to Crimes

Henderson, who is representing himself, said the videos do not prove anything. He is charged with raping and robbing three women.

The prosecution in the trial of Arthur Lamont Henderson on Thursday used surveillance camera videos to show his alleged whereabouts on the day he is accused of raping a woman in Ross Township, according to local media reports. But Henderson, who is representing himself, countered that the videos do not prove anything, KDKA reports. The 39-year-old North Side man is charged with raping and robbing two women in Ross Township and one in Hopewell Township in January 2012. One video shows a man in a gray hooded sweatshirt walking down a hallway leading to a Citizens Bank ATM in Manchester where police say the man tried to use three credit cards belonging to a Ross Township woman who had just been raped, according to KDKA. Henderson cross-…

Monday, September 17, 2012

Update: Trial Delayed for Man Charged in Ross Rapes

Jury selection had been scheduled to begin today for Arthur Lamont Henderson.

A change in defense counsel has delayed the trial of a 38-year-old North Side man charged with raping and robbing two women in Ross, and another in Hopewell, within a four-day period in Ross Township. Arthur Lamont Henderson, who has been in the Allegheny County Jail on a $2.5 million bond since his arrest January 20, had been scheduled to go on trial today. A new trial date is expected to be set today. He has pleaded not guilty. The charges against Henderson stem from two attacks on Ross Township women—one reported Saturday, Jan. 7 at the Woodhawk Club Apartments complex on Johnanna Drive and the other Monday, Jan. 9 at the Cascades Apartment complex off Cemetery Lane. In both cases, the women, who are in their mid-20s, were attacked in …

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