when police announced the arrest ups henry levi sanders we showed is a photo to 79-year-old man. but does this look like the man? or a retired cardiologist said he suffered from this encounter he believed was sanders. his carjacking happened on the 18th. >> he said, you have to get out of the car. i am taking the car. i thought he was kidding. he hit me harder than i was hitting him. >> his wife said he was not even recognizable. it was one of at least five similar kidnappings of older men. thanks to a tip from somebody to sell the security video he is now been charged in both prince george's and montgomery county. >> he is a serious repeat offender that needed to be taken off the street. >> he was arrested at the home he owned in landover yesterday afternoon. his fiancee says she thought he worked during home improvement. -- doing home improvement. dr. banks says his reaction to the arrest -- relief. mr. sanders was arrested on an armed robbery early in november in prince george's county. he was free on $100,000 bond. he started allegedly doing all of these fresh crimes. he will

. >> reporter: police believe that henry levi sanders of the glenn arden area, targeted elderly people in his kidnapping and robbery spree and that this suspect put two victims in the hospital. the victims were customers at stores in wheaton. the attacks began the day before thanksgiving and continued on saturday and sunday. the suspect, 50-year-old henry levi sanders used a yellow box cutter to threaten victims, forcing them to drive to various atms and withdraw money. the victims were 75, 60, and 77 years of age. the oldest was beaten and cut by the assailant and had to be hospitalized. >> where's making progression as one suspects and that is a longer road to come back from when you're older and you suffer those types of injuries, which is probably why the gentlemen focused on some of our older citizens in the county. >> reporter: police released the store security video of the suspect and they credit calls from the public for helping them identify henry lei have sanders. the 50-year-old was arrested around 4:00 p.m. on tuesday in front of his home near glen arden. as it turns out,

he is 50-year-old henry levi sanders of landover, maryland. a press conference is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. that's the latest in rockville, tony, allison, back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> another big story we're following, authorities in connecticut extradited the suspected east coast rapist back to virginia. >> he faced a judge via a video hookup and our stacey cohan is live at the courthouse with the new details. good morning. >> reporter: this was a brief hearing that started at 8:30 at the courthouse in manassas. aaron thomas appeared by video. he was questioned by the judge. first the judge read him the list of charges, which include charges of rape, use of a firearm in commission of a y, a charges. all these charges stemmed from an incident in 2009 on halloween, when he is accused of abducting little girls while they were trick or treating, and raping them. it is what has been described as a brutal and heinous crime. when asked if he understood the charges, aaron thomas looked down, mumbled and said, no. the judge asked what he di

. >> reporter: j.c., 50-year-old henry levi sanders of landover is under arrest and charged with multiple counts of carjacking, kidnapping and robbery. sanders is in custody in prince george's county where he's being held on other unrelated charges of theft and robbery. montgomery county is also charging him with first degree assault for the violent beating of his most recent victim, a 77-year-old man. in all three cases, sanders allegedly approached his victims in the westfield wheaton parking lot in broad daylight. forced them into their cars with a sharp object and then drove them to atms to withdraw cash. >> on the three victims, of course, they're upset. i do know two of our detectives sat with the last victim last night and his wife and talked to them about what had occurred and just to make sure they were calm and feeling ok. >> sanders appears to be a career criminal. check out his criminal history. in the state of maryland, all of these criminal offenses. here, you can see all of the traffic offenses. he faces a lot of court time, a lot of potential jail time if he is convicted.

henry levy sanders targeted elderly people in the westfield parking lot in wheaton. the police say that sanders threatened his victim with the box cutter and forced them to drive to atms and take out cash. >>> a maryland man is back in the states after being linked to his girlfriend's misa -- disappearance and presumed dead in aruba. the prosecutors appealed his release but where's in new york. the new video into the newsroom shows giordano at the miami airport this morning. going there before going to jfk. he said he had nothing to do with her disappearance and is represented by jose baez, who win an acquittal for casey anthony in her murder trial in florida. >>> the man accused of trying to assassinate president ronald reagan wants to spin more time away from september elizabeth hospital where he's been committed since the early '80s. he's going -- asking the court to allow near leone-monthlong visits with his mother. they paul wagner has more. >> reporter: the word danger was tossed around numerous times inside courtroom 29 with the sixth floor here. what the judg

durante el fin de semana del dia de accion de gracias en wheaton, ha sido identificado hoy como henry levi sandersque entre la old georgetown

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