Crime & Safety

DNA Evidence Links Man to 1980s Rapes

One of the rapes took place in Wheaton in 1982.

Prosecutors in Montgomery County used DNA evidence to link one man to cold cases from the 1980s: Three rapes that took place in Wheaton, Silver Spring and Rockville in Maryland.

Gerald Smith, 54, was already serving an 87-years-to-life sentence in California for other rapes, The Washington Examiner reported. He was sentenced Tuesday to an additional 50 years after pleading guilty to one count of first-degree rape.

Read more on The Washington Examiner's website.

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