 Charles Dubbs In June 2000, a woman was sexually assaulted on a running path in Lancaster, Pennsylvania by a man with a knife. A year later, a similar attack on a second woman occurred nearby.
A police officer believed the description of the attacker resembled 36-year-old Charles “Ted” Dubbs, who he had recently arrested for indecent exposure.
Both victims picked Dubbs out of a mug book, though one victim didn't pick Dubbs until her second review of the photos
In May 2002, Dubbs went to trial in Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas. Both women identified him. Dubbs presented alibis for both attacks. Nonetheless, a jury convicted him of sexual assault and he was sentenced to 12 to 40 years in prison.
After Dubbs was incarcerated, similar attacks continued to occur and in 2005, police arrested Wilbur Cyrus Brown for the later attacks.
Brown bore a striking resemblance to Dubbs. In 2006, Brown confessed to the 2000 and 2001 attacks for which Dubbs had been convicted.
In September 2007, Dubbs was granted a new trial on the basis of Brown’s confession. The prosecutor dismissed the charges.
- Stephanie Denzel |