Backseat Robber Worries Police In Toledo
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 9:33 PM
Updated: Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:56 AM
The man gets into the back seat of an unlocked car and waits for his unsuspecting victim to return. He then pulls a gun on them, ONN Affiliate WTOL reported.
The victims told police that the man robs them or forces them to withdraw money from an ATM.
Police said the man escalated his crimes Tuesday night, when he raped a woman.
The latest victim said she hasn't been able to sleep and wants the man caught. She told WTOL that she heard about the serial robber last week. She said she didn't think it would happen to her until she saw him in her backseat.
Police said the man has robbed, kidnapped, and been caught on video hiding in his victims' cars. However, they said he hadn't raped, until he targeted a McDonald's employee at closing time.
"He put the gun to my head and asked me for the money," said the victim. "I told him I don't have no money. I was asking him please just let me go. I have kids. I don't want to die. Please just don't kill me. All the time he had the gun to my head."
The victim said she found the man in her backseat when she got into her car to head home.
"He told me to go to the ATM," said the victim. "I said I don't have an ATM card."
The victim gave him $40, but he wanted more.
"He made me get in the front seat," said the woman. "He asked me if I had kids. We went to the alley and then he did it to me."
The 32-year-old mother begged for her life. After the rape, the man told her to shut up and drop him off.
"He doesn't care," said the victim. "For him to tell me to shut up and stop crying, he doesn't have a heart."
Police fear the suspect's confidence may make him capable of murder.
"I don't even want to go back in my vehicle," said the woman. "I don't even want to go back to work."
Police said if the suspect is not caught, he may strike again soon.
If you have information, you are asked to call Toledo CrimeStoppers at 419-255-1111.
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WTOL: Back seat robber escalated to rape, Toledo police say
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