CHARLOTTE — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police detectives have arrested and charged a man accused of two separate sexual assaults in Charlotte.
Police said 31-year-old Justinian Henderson is the man who committed both crimes, one in 2018 and another in 2019.
Around 5:40 a.m. on Aug. 3, 2018, a 33-year-old woman was walking home from work near the 200 block of North Caldwell Street when police said a man moved her against her will and sexually assaulted her.
In the early-morning hours of March 20, 2019, a 23-year-old woman told police she was near the 700 block of Chipley Avenue when a man pointed a weapon at her, moved her against her will and sexually assaulted her.
On Jan. 14, 2021, a DNA match identified Henderson as the suspect in both cases. His DNA was initially tested in 2019 and sent to the lab for comparison.
Around 8 p.m. on Thursday, Henderson voluntarily came to the Law Enforcement Center for an interview, according to CMPD. Following that interview, Henderson was charged with four counts of first-degree rape, and first-degree kidnapping for the 2018 case.
He was also charged with three counts of first-degree rape, first-degree sex offense, first-degree kidnapping, assault by pointing a gun and assault on a female for the 2019 case.
The investigation into these cases is active and ongoing.
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