Germantown serial rapist pleads no contest

An accused sexual predatorwho targeted teen and pre-teen girls in Germantown pleadedno contest on Monday to charges that he raped four girls, the Philadelphia District Attorney said.

AntuaneBrown, 25, faces 320 years in prison for the attacks, all of which occurred within five blocks of his home on the 1100 block of East Price Street.

The victims, ages 12 to 17, told a similar story. Between March and June of 2013, a masked manapproached them while brandishing a handgun. They were dragged to a secluded spot where they were raped and sodomized. In most cases, the attacker threatened to kill them if they screamed or called the police.

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One of the abductions was caught by a surveillance camera. Police say tips came pouring in after it was distributed.

Prosecutors say DNA evidence recovered from rape kits and the victim’s clothing matched Brown’s.

Metro Philadelphia

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