Nation IN BRIEF : ARKANSAS : ‘Blue Light Rapist’ Linked to 12 Attacks
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A “blue light rapist” and others mimicking him have raped, accosted or chased more than a dozen women in communities from northeastern Arkansas to northern Louisiana since November. A predator using a police-style flashing blue light has pulled over women traveling alone. Because the incidents have occurred over a wide area, police suspect that some were carried out by copycats.
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