they continued to pursue leads and they pointed to justin wingate poe. this is his mug shot taken last night after he was arrested in his home. this is the composite sketch created back in 2007 when a series of attempted sex assaults had arlington women on edge when a man came at them and tried to put a plastic bag over their heads. >> our female victim was walking dn from behind and attempted to place a plastic bag over the

take a look at the mug shot of justin wingate poe along composite sketch created in 2007. julie carey joins us live outside police headquarters with details. >> reporter: well, we've learned 34-year-old justin wingate poe worked in a probation office. now he is in the arlington county jail charged with two counts of attempted abduction for stalking and attacking young women in articlington nearly a decade ago. it was his job to work with criminals. now he's the one behind bars tied to two attempted abductions of arlington women back in 2007. >> a female was walking down the street. he came up from behind and attempted to put a plastic bag over her face. >> reporter: poe emerged as a suspect in the 2007 cold cases as they investigated an incident last month on north edgeo that's when a man got into a woman's house and attacked her while she was sleeping. dna from that incident was submitted to the state crime lab. it matched dna taken from one of the bags in 2007. there was also a latent fingerprint from one of the 2007 bags and this composite sketch created. investigators

we do expect future indictments. >> reporter: now police say they never questioned wingate poe in that 2009 case following those women because no actual crime was committed. as for the 2007 case when they ran the fingerprints from that case, the reason poe's fingerprints didn't come up even though he is a county employee working for the probation office, police only run those records from a criminal database. he's now being held without bond. he has been put on administrative leave from that government job. wendy, that's the very latest here in arlington. >>> well, this was a costly attack. toddler in virginia. we're going to find out why the fight to save his life has placed a tremendous financial burden on his family. >>> plus, she's one of the most recognizable faces of the olympic games. you may remember shannon miller for all the medals she won. now she's sharing a personal story with doreen genzler about a health battle and it comes with a warning for all women. >>> students at the prince george's county high school say they were promised a term last year that they didn't get and

they continued to pursue leads and they pointed to justin wingate poe. his mug shot taken last night after he was arrested in his home. this is the composite sketch created back in 2007 when a series of attempted sex assaults had arlington women on edge when a man came at them and tried to put a plastic bag over their heads. >> our female victim was walking dn

justin wingate poe is a probation counselor. now he is on the other side of the law. arrested in two plastic bag attack stating to 2007. sleephope that they better knowing a dangerous individual is off the street in arlington county. roz: the first attack was in may of 2007. a woman was walking when a man trapped her from behind and try to force a plastic bag over her face. womanllowing month, a answ a man tried to put a plastic bag over her head. she screamed, he ran. fast-forward nine years to just last month. the 700 block of edgewood street. woke to a man sexually assaulting her in her home. dna matched that from the plastic bags. linkedin pageoe's in 2007, he worked as a parole officer in arlington and fairfax county. >> he was not someone that was originally in any type of database. roz: detectives are going over other unsolved cases in that nine-year period. i have reached out to poe's family and have not heard back. he is being heldit date set for next month. they expect he will face additional charges. roz plater, abc 7 news. leon: this just in from fairfax c

they continued to pursue leads and they pointed to justin wingate poe. this is his mug shot taken last night after he was arrested in his home. this is the composite sketch created back in 2007 when a series of attempted sex assaults had arlington women on edge when a man came at them and tried to put a plastic bag over their heads. >> our female victim was walking dn from behind and attempted to place a plastic bag over the female's face. >> reporter: poe emerged as a suspect in those cases as they investigated an incident last month on edgewood street near lion village. that's when a man got into a woman's house and attacked her while she was sleeping. dna from that incident was submitted to the state crime lab. it matched dna taken from one of the bags in 2007. there was at a latent fingerprint from one of the t207 bags. investigators were able to use that 2007 fingerprint to connect those cases to him. >> he is charged with attempted abduction for two incidents in 2007. we anticipate he will face additional charges for the 2016 case. >> reporter: poe

arlington county police say justin wingate poe's dna was dna connected to a sexual assaultssu of a womanleeping in her home last month. he's currently being heldd without bond.t >>> and a woman escapes after being trapped in her apartment e by her husband for nearlyor neal three months. husband michael david austin aun with false imprisonment andnd reckless endangerment.ndan this is after his wife toldter i police she was locked in the couple's salisbury apartment are since march 26th. police say austin locked theocd apartment on the inside andnsida out and she did not have a key. mrs. austin finally made hery mr escape on wednesday after herftr husband fell asleep on theon t couch without locking the front door. d >>> and this morning police are looking for a man accusedccd of inappropriately touching a teenage interarlington.ar police say a 16-year-old girlard was walking near the 2600he60 block of arlington boulevardou when a man approached her,er, reached up her dress andre touched her inappropriately.prty when the teen screamed thescam suspect fled the scene.spt flede if you have an