Update 2: The suspect has been arrested. Silent Rider has the details.
Update: There is more on this story in an article by Chris Robinson in the Gazette, as well as a story on Channel 4 News. Channel 4 also has a rather sensational video up.
From the City’s website:
Detectives from the Gaithersburg Police Department are asking the public for help in identifying a suspect responsible for several robberies and sex assaults that occurred in Gaithersburg between May 9 and June 16, 2007.
There have been at least nine separate incidents in which a man has approached a female and sexually assaulted and robbed her. These incidents have occurred at various times throughout the day in the area of West Deer Park Road and West Diamond Avenue in Gaithersburg.
The suspect in each of these incidents was described as a black male, approximately 16 to 21 years of age, between 5’05” and 6’01” tall, with a thin build, dark complexion, short close-cropped black hair, and clean shaven. A composite picture was developed with the assistance of witnesses and victims, and is attached with this release.
Anyone who has information about the suspect or any of the incidents is asked to call the Gaithersburg Police Investigative Section at 301-258-6400.