(East Coast Rapist) Rape suspect claims 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' personality

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Source: CNN

(CNN) -- The man accused of being the so-called "East Coast Rapist" casually spoke with authorities about his arrest, asking, "What took you so long to get me?" a prosecutor said Monday.

Aaron Thomas, 39, made his first appearance in court Monday, three days after authorities arrested him as he walked near his home in New Haven, Connecticut. A judge ordered him held on $1.5 million bond in a 2007 sex assault case in New Haven.

He is linked to sexual assaults on 17 women in Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut and Rhode Island between 1997 and 2009, according to police.

Police placed Thomas under surveillance last week after receiving a detailed tip generated by a billboard campaign and website that tallied 169,000 page views, according to Fairfax County, Virginia, police Chief David Rohrer.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/03/07/connecticut.east.coast.rapist/index.html

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1. Is that his defense?

Give him a mental evaluation and then prosecute the shit out of him.

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2. How telling is this?

"What took you so long to get me?" Fucking psycopath.

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3. So he basically confessed. It'd almost be fun to be the prosecuting attorney on this one. nt