Man previously arrested in Montgomery County now linked to South Philadelphia assaults: DA
Authorities said the strings of assaults began on June 15 when three woman were walking on Morris Street near 13th Street.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Officials in Philadelphia said a man arrested and charged last week in connection with two random attacks on women will now be charged with two additional assaults.
Malcolm White of Brooklyn, New York, will be charged with multiple counts of assault in connection with two attacks in South Philadelphia, according to the District Attorney's Office.
He's also charged with the beating of a woman in Whitpain Township, Montgomery County and a rape in Philadelphia's Roxborough section, officials said.
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Authorities said the strings of assaults began on June 15 when three women were walking on Morris Street near 13th Street. White walked up to the women and began beating them. One suffered a broken nose, and the others had lacerations and swollen lips, police said.
The brutal assault was captured on surveillance video and has left neighbors in the area frightened.
Minutes later, Noelle Liquori said she was waiting for her boyfriend to get off work around the corner on the 1900 block of 13th Street when a man attacked her.
"Seemingly out of nowhere. The first hit came from behind. He hit me in the ear, put me down and punched me in the face a couple of times," she said.
Liquori said she lost consciousness.
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"The last thing I remember I was being dragged on my back. He had my feet, dragging me down the pavement. I kept kicking him and screaming to get someone's attention," she said.
White is also accused of raping a woman as she walked into work on the 6100 block of Ridge Avenue in Philadelphia's Roxborough section on the morning of June 16. He is facing charges of rape, aggravated assault and other related offenses in connection with this incident.
Another woman was also beaten in Whitpain Township, Montgomery County a few hours later, around 10 a.m. Thursday, investigators said.
Whitpain Township police captured White shortly after that assault as he ran down the road. He is currently being held in a Montgomery County jail.
According to the Philadelphia DA's Office, White was on probation in New York at the time of all the offenses in Pennsylvania.
