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Arlington Police Issue Warning As They Search For Rapist
Police: Man Has Struck Twice
POSTED: 8:40 am CDT September 20, 2005
UPDATED: 10:09 am CDT September 20, 2005
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Arlington police say they are trying to catch a rapist before he finds another victim.
The man has struck twice, most recently Monday morning, police said.
Police are urging people to keep their doors and windows locked as they track the rapist.
Police said the two victims got a good look at the man and described him as a black man, 18 to 30 years old, between 5 feet 10 inches tall and 6 feet 2 inches tall, and between 180 and 200 pounds.
Police said the armed man struck twice over the last week in the same east Arlington neighborhood near Interstate 20 and Highway 360. The attacker breaks into the victims' homes in the middle of the night, and then threatens
the safety of the woman's children if she d
idn't cooperate with his demands.
The man covers his face, but police said he wears metal framed glasses.
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/4995678/detail.html#
Michael Anthony Tristan
Suspected Arlington rapist caught
Police caught a suspected serial rapist Monday that allegedly was involved in several attacks of Arlington women.
The suspect, Michael Anthony Tristan, is a registered high-risk sex offender after an incident involving a 10-year-old boy in Houston. Now, police are investigating whether the man is also linked to recent assaults on women in North Texas.
All of the alleged attacks happened within two miles of one another in Arlington. One reported attack occurred Sept. 19th
on
Quai
l Run Road. On Sept. 12, two other attacks were reported, which included one on Landers Lane and the other on East Timberview. Landers Lane
was previously the site of another reported attack on Sept. 5.
Of the four incidents in question, police have arrested the suspect on two of the cases. The other two cases are still under investigation, and police said there could be more.
"He had given information, apparently to someone down in Harris County, that he was relocating to Dallas," said Christy Gilfour, an Arlington Police Department spokeswoman. "And [he] did not, as far as we know, make any attempt to register here in Arlington where [he] is actually staying."
Police said he had only been in Arlington about a month before he was suspected to come in contact with two of the women.
One of the women said he attacked her inside an apartment and the other reported that he tried to assault her inside her town home, police said.
"There
's
always t
he possibility, unfortunately, that there could be some victims who have not yet come forward," Gilfour said.
While police are encouraging other possible victims to come forw
ard, rape counselors said that may be hard for some victims.
"Many times we hear it's just difficult because fear of the unknown," said Becka Meier, a rape counselor. "They don't know what will happen to them once they make a report."
Meier, who works with sexual assault victims in Arlington, said victims usually find a form of release if they do decide to make a report.
"If it's possible to come forward, we can encourage people so that they can feel like they have got some ownership in saying this isn't okay," she said.
Police said they are grateful for one of the woman who came forward in the Tristan case, which helped them link a couple of other investigations.
"...It was due to that victim's courage and com
ing forwar
d that we we
re able to make an arrest in her case, and another one," Gilfour said.
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Arlington Police Issue Warning As They Search For Rapist
Police: Man Has Struck Twice
POSTED: 8:40 am CDT September 20, 2005
UPDATED: 10:09 am CDT September 20, 2005
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Arlington police say they are trying to catch a rapist before he finds another victim.
The man has struck twice, most recently Monday morning, police said.
Police are urging people to keep their doors and windows locked as they track the rapist.
Police said the two victims got a good look at the man and described him as a black man, 18 to 30 years old, between 5 feet 10 inches tall and 6 feet 2 inches tall, and between 180 and 200 pounds.
Police said the armed man struck twice over the last week in the same east Arlington neighborhood near Interstate 20 and Highway 360. The attacker breaks into the victims' homes in the middle of the night, and then threatens
the safety of the woman's children if she d
idn't cooperate with his demands.
The man covers his face, but police said he wears metal framed glasses.
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/4995678/detail.html#
Michael Anthony Tristan
Suspected Arlington rapist caught
Police caught a suspected serial rapist Monday that allegedly was involved in several attacks of Arlington women.
The suspect, Michael Anthony Tristan, is a registered high-risk sex offender after an incident involving a 10-year-old boy in Houston. Now, police are investigating whether the man is also linked to recent assaults on women in North Texas.
All of the alleged attacks happened within two miles of one another in Arlington. One reported attack occurred Sept. 19th
on
Quai
l Run Road. On Sept. 12, two other attacks were reported, which included one on Landers Lane and the other on East Timberview. Landers Lane
was previously the site of another reported attack on Sept. 5.
Of the four incidents in question, police have arrested the suspect on two of the cases. The other two cases are still under investigation, and police said there could be more.
"He had given information, apparently to someone down in Harris County, that he was relocating to Dallas," said Christy Gilfour, an Arlington Police Department spokeswoman. "And [he] did not, as far as we know, make any attempt to register here in Arlington where [he] is actually staying."
Police said he had only been in Arlington about a month before he was suspected to come in contact with two of the women.
One of the women said he attacked her inside an apartment and the other reported that he tried to assault her inside her town home, police said.
"There
's
always t
he possibility, unfortunately, that there could be some victims who have not yet come forward," Gilfour said.
While police are encouraging other possible victims to come forw
ard, rape counselors said that may be hard for some victims.
"Many times we hear it's just difficult because fear of the unknown," said Becka Meier, a rape counselor. "They don't know what will happen to them once they make a report."
Meier, who works with sexual assault victims in Arlington, said victims usually find a form of release if they do decide to make a report.
"If it's possible to come forward, we can encourage people so that they can feel like they have got some ownership in saying this isn't okay," she said.
Police said they are grateful for one of the woman who came forward in the Tristan case, which helped them link a couple of other investigations.
"...It was due to that victim's courage and com
ing forwar
d that we we
re able to make an arrest in her case, and another one," Gilfour said.
E-mail ywalker@wfaa.com
http://www.wfaa.co
m/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa...t.9782da5e.html
