Lt. Julie Johnson said DNA was collected and subsequently matched by the state police forensic lab confirming 39-year-old Aaron Thomas was the East Coast Rapist.
Johnson said New Haven police have charged Thomas with first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor and he was being held on $1 million bond. Authorities in Prince William County, Virginia, are charging him with being a fugitive from justice as well as rape and abduction charges.
The East Coast Rapist is wanted for 17 rapes and other attacks in Connecticut, Maryland, Rhode Island and Virginia.
