Alleged ‘East Coast Rapist’ will not receive another competency evaluation

Published June 8, 2012 4:00am ET



The man accused of being the East Coast Rapist will not receive a second evaluation of his competency to stand trial in Virginia, the Associated Press has reported.

Aaron H. Thomas, 40, is suspected in up to 17 assaults along the East Coast between 1997 and 2009. He is being tried in Prince William County for attacks on three Dale City teenage girls on Halloween night 2009.

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