Man charged in rape linked to assault on teen
DNA evidence has linked a Philadelphia man charged in a rape near a SEPTA station in North Philadelphia to a second sexual assault, police said Tuesday. Joseph Woods, 41, was charged last month with raping a 21-year-old woman in May after she got off the Broad Street line at Lehigh Avenue at night. This week, investigators learned that Woods' DNA matched that of a man who attacked a 15-year-old girl in March after she got off the Broad Street line at Allegheny Avenue. Woods was charged Monday in the March assault. He faces sexual assault and robbery charges. - Allison Steele
DNA evidence has linked a Philadelphia man charged in a rape near a SEPTA station in North Philadelphia to a second sexual assault, police said Tuesday. Joseph Woods, 41, was charged last month with raping a 21-year-old woman in May after she got off the Broad Street line at Lehigh Avenue at night. This week, investigators learned that Woods' DNA matched that of a man who attacked a 15-year-old girl in March after she got off the Broad Street line at Allegheny Avenue. Woods was charged Monday in the March assault. He faces sexual assault and robbery charges. - Allison Steele