Sep
29
Man, 63, convicted in 1991 Md. rape.
A 63-year-old man dubbed the “Silver Spring Rapist” was convicted Tuesday for a rape that occurred in 1991.
The trial came about after a DNA match to a suspect who was imprisoned for a different offense in New York after the rape, according to prosecutors.
Fletcher A. Worrell has been charged with nine rapes from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.
Police originally filed these charges in 2005. He could be responsible for as many as 20 rapes in the Silver Spring area over that time, according to prosecutors.
Worrell still has more prison time to serve in New York. Montgomery prosecutors intend to ask for a long sentence for the new conviction, saying they are concerned he may become eligible for release in New York.
