Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Arthur Henderson will spend 61 to 122 years in prison for raping and robbing two women in Ross and one in Hopewell.
Calling it "one of the most horrible cases" she's ever heard, Allegheny County Common Pleas Court Judge Donna Jo McDaniel on Tuesday imposed what amounts to a life sentence on convicted rapist Arthur Henderson. The judge ordered Henderson, 39, of the North Side, to spend 61 to 122 years in prison for raping and robbing at gunpoint two women in Ross and one in Hopewell over a three-day period in January 2012. The Ross Township rapes were reported Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Woodhawk Club Apartments complex on Johnanna Drive and on Monday, Jan. 9, at the Cascades Apartment complex off Cemetery Lane. The Hopewell rape occurred Jan. 7, the same morning as the first attack in Ross. Jurors deliberated for less than four hours before returning a …
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Arthur Henderson was convicted Feb. 11 after jurors deliberated less than four hours.
Allegheny County Common Pleas Court Judge Donna Jo McDaniel on Tuesday sentenced Arthur Lamont Henderson to spend 61 to 122 years in prison for raping and robbing two women in Ross Township and another in Hopewell Township in January 2012. Before imposing the sentence, McDaniel told Henderson she regarded him as a "serial rapist and a sociopath" who has demonstrated, after spending several years in prison for other crimes, that he has "no ability to rehabilitate" and is the "definition of dangerous." The judge said the case was "one of the most horrible" she's ever heard. Prior to Henderson's sentencing, all three of his victims spoke, each asking the judge to impose the maximum sentence. One of the women said she carried scars that are "…
Thursday, February 14, 2013
The combined work of four police departments and the FBI was critical in getting the convicted rapist off of the streets.
Arthur Henderson sits in the Allegheny County jail awaiting sentencing on March 26 for raping and robbing two women in Ross Township and one in Hopewell during a three-day period in January of last year. His conviction Monday was the culmination hundreds of hours of investigative work, primarily by Ross and Hopewell police. "This is a case that exemplifies the importance of cooperation in the criminal justice system," said Ross Detective Brian Kohlhepp, who was one of the witnesses for the prosecution. "The investigation was completed seamlessly with the assistance of the detectives from Ohio Township and Hopewell." Kohlhepp said the office of the Allegheny County Medical examiner played a key role in getting Henderson in custody just …
Monday, February 11, 2013
After representing himself during his trial, the convicted rapist is scheduled to be sentenced in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court.
Convicted rapist Arthur Lamont Henderson is scheduled to be sentenced March 26 after a jury found him guilty of raping three women in Ross and Hopewell townships. Jurors deliberated for less than four hours beforereturning a verdict, ending an unusual trial in which Henderson acted as his own attorney and cross-examined his victims as well as the police officers who arrested him, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. During closing arguments in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, Henderson claimed he was framed while the prosecution said it had proven its case beyond any doubt. The Ross Township rapes were reported Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Woodhawk Club Apartments complex on Johnanna Drive and on Monday, Jan. 9, at the Cascades …
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Saturday, February 9, 2013
The prosecution rested its case Friday morning.
The final three witnesses for the prosecution in the rape trial of Arthur Henderson testified Friday morning that his DNA linked him to the sexual assaults of two women in Ross Township, and one in Hopewell Township in January of 2012, KDKA-TV reported. All three also said that the chance that the DNA was not Henderson measured into the quintillions. “Does the DNA results tell whether the sex was consensual?” asked Henderson, who is representing himself. "No" one witnesses answered, KDKA reported. The prosecution rested its case this morning and Henderson's defense has begun. Defense witnesses are expected to include doctors who performed rape exams on the women and other investigators, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The charges …
Friday, February 8, 2013
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-…
