Friday, February 10, 2012
Henderson will remain in the Allegheny County Jail until his trial, which will be months away.
Arthur Lamont Henderson pleaded not guilty in a preliminary hearing today to the charges he faces in Ross for the rapes and robberies of two women in early January. Henderson, 38, of the North Side, also pleaded not guilty to charges related to the rape and robbery of a third woman in Hopewell Township and the assault of a man in Ohio Township. All four attacks took place within a four day period, between Jan. 7 and Jan. 10. All four cases were consolidated for today's hearing and brought specially before Magisterial District Judge Richard Opiela to preside over. Opiela held all charges for trial, said Mike Manko, the spokesman for the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office. Henderson will remain in the Allegheny County Jail. A $2…
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The suspect was not in custody and his whereabouts were not known by police as of 6 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
Arthur L. Henderson, 38, of the North Side, was identified Wednesday by Ross Township Police as the suspect in the two recent sexual assaults of women outside their apartment complexes. Henderson was not in custody and his whereabouts were not known by police as of 6 p.m. Wednesday, police said. A $5,000 reward for information leading to his arrest is being offered by the FBI. "The investigation is still ongoing up to this minute," said Ross Police spokesman Sgt. Benjamin Dripps. An arrest warrant was issued for Henderson late afternoon Wednesday by Judge Richard Opiela of Magisterial District Court 05-2-02. Ross police have charged Henderson with two counts each of rape, aggravated indecent assault, involuntary deviate sexual …
The suspect was not in custody and police did not know where he is as of 2:30 p.m., Ross Police spokesman Sgt. Benjamin Dripps said.
Ross Township Police have scheduled a 5 p.m. press conference to announce that an arrest warrant has been issued for a suspect in the two recent sexual assaults of women in Ross. The suspect was not in custody and police did not know where he is as of 2:30 p.m., Ross Police spokesman Sgt. Benjamin Dripps said. The press conference will be held downtown at Allegheny County's Office of the Medical Examiner, Dripps said. The two assaults, one which occurred Saturday, Jan. 7, and the other Monday, Jan. 9, both involved attacks on women in their mid-20s living in apartment complexes. Both occurred in the early morning hours after the women returned from walking their dogs. While North Hills residents remained vigilant in the wake of the …
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Police in Hopewell Township are investigating a sexual attack that also took place Saturday morning that has some similarities to the attacks in Ross. Ross Township police said they cannot confirm that the attacks are related.
Hopewell Township police in Beaver County are investigating a sexual assault reported early morning Saturday, Jan. 7, that they say may be connected to two recent sexual attacks in Ross Township. Ross Township investigators were made aware of the incident over the weekend and are looking into the similarities, spokesman Sgt. Benjamin Dripps said. But, "we can't confirm that they are related," he said. According to information released by Hopewell Township police, a woman on Westfield Drive reported that she was assualted by a man in her townhome shortly after 7:45 a.m. Saturday. She said she left the home and then returned, went upstairs, and heard a noise from the lower level. She said she went to a bannister overlooking steps in her …
