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ALBANY GA Mar 20 2009 — A former mall security guard suspected of posing as a police officer to kidnap and sexually assault local women over a period of weeks was arrested after a raid of his home Wednesday, authorities say.
Phillip Benjamin Conner, 26, is being charged initially with kidnapping, false imprisonment and sexual battery, Dougherty District Attorney Greg Edwards said.
“We just arrested a man by the name of Phillip Conner on an allegation that he has apparently kidnapped, falsely imprisoned several women over the last several weeks,” Edwards said.
Aided by the Albany-Dougherty SWAT team, investigators in the district attorney’s office and GBI Agents raided Conner’s home around noon Wednesday.
Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Mark Pro of the Sylvester GBI office said that agents were in the process of interrogating Conner Wednesday afternoon. He said more charges could follow in the coming days.
“Well, it’s a two-phase investigation,” Pro said. “Some of the warrants are going to come from the APD (Albany Police Department), and some of the warrants are going to come from us.
“We just made the arrest today and they’re still interviewing him, so we’re still in the early stages here.”
Edwards said that the scope of the allegations is chilling. Without divulging vital details of the investigation, he said the general allegation is that Conner was posing as a narcotics officer before stealing women away and holding them against there will.
“I called the GBI in when we first heard about it because we weren’t sure if this was someone posing as an officer or if it was an actual officer,” Edwards said. “The general allegation is that (Conner) posed as an officer and held them against their will before sexually assaulting them.”
Conner is also a suspect in an aggravated sodomy case the APD is investigating, APD Spokesperson Phyllis Banks said.
Police are investigating the complaint after a woman told them Monday that she was walking near a local motel when a man picked her up and held her against her will before sexually assaulting her. Banks said detectives are eyeing Conner in the case, but no charges have been filed.
Conner has active warrants against him for theft and ID fraud stemming from a July 2008 incident in which he’s accused of stealing a Verizon Voyager phone from a kiosk at the Albany Mall and using it, court documents show.
Edwards distributed Conner’s mug shot Wednesday in hopes that any other possible victims would come forward. At this point, Edwards will say only that “several” women have been assaulted.
Phillip Benjamin Conner, 26, is being charged initially with kidnapping, false imprisonment and sexual battery, Dougherty District Attorney Greg Edwards said.
“We just arrested a man by the name of Phillip Conner on an allegation that he has apparently kidnapped, falsely imprisoned several women over the last several weeks,” Edwards said.
Aided by the Albany-Dougherty SWAT team, investigators in the district attorney’s office and GBI Agents raided Conner’s home around noon Wednesday.
Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Mark Pro of the Sylvester GBI office said that agents were in the process of interrogating Conner Wednesday afternoon. He said more charges could follow in the coming days.
“Well, it’s a two-phase investigation,” Pro said. “Some of the warrants are going to come from the APD (Albany Police Department), and some of the warrants are going to come from us.
“We just made the arrest today and they’re still interviewing him, so we’re still in the early stages here.”
Edwards said that the scope of the allegations is chilling. Without divulging vital details of the investigation, he said the general allegation is that Conner was posing as a narcotics officer before stealing women away and holding them against there will.
“I called the GBI in when we first heard about it because we weren’t sure if this was someone posing as an officer or if it was an actual officer,” Edwards said. “The general allegation is that (Conner) posed as an officer and held them against their will before sexually assaulting them.”
Conner is also a suspect in an aggravated sodomy case the APD is investigating, APD Spokesperson Phyllis Banks said.
Police are investigating the complaint after a woman told them Monday that she was walking near a local motel when a man picked her up and held her against her will before sexually assaulting her. Banks said detectives are eyeing Conner in the case, but no charges have been filed.
Conner has active warrants against him for theft and ID fraud stemming from a July 2008 incident in which he’s accused of stealing a Verizon Voyager phone from a kiosk at the Albany Mall and using it, court documents show.
Edwards distributed Conner’s mug shot Wednesday in hopes that any other possible victims would come forward. At this point, Edwards will say only that “several” women have been assaulted.
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