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Arrest Warrant

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Ross Police Identify Suspect, Obtain Arrest Warrant in Rape Cases as Search Continues

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 …

News Nearby: Ross Police to Announce Arrest Warrant Issued for Man Who Attacked Two Women

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 …

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