Suspect arrested in 2001 rape after TV show’s airing

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A Maryland man was arrested Sunday, one day after the television show “America’s Most Wanted” aired a story about a brutal rape near Washington, D.C., in 2001 for which he had been charged.

Jacob Corey Gordon, 28, was arrested Sunday in Florida by the U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force and Tampa police after authorities received a tip from a television show viewer who recognized Gordon.

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