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UC Berkeley employee arrested, suspected in at least 10 rape cases

Posted at 4:41 PM, Sep 21, 2018
and last updated 2018-09-21 19:41:04-04

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento authorities have arrested a 58-year-old man suspected of committing at least 10 rapes across Northern California between 1991 and 2006.

The Sacramento Bee reports Roy Charles Waller was arrested Thursday by Sacramento police. Waller is a safety specialist at the University of California-Berkeley's office of environment, health and safety.

District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert says her office used DNA and genealogy websites to zero in on Waller.

His arrest comes about six months after law enforcement used the same tactic to arrest Joseph DeAngelo, the alleged Golden State Killer.

Waller is suspected of raping women in Rohnert Park, Sonoma, Davis, Chico, Woodland, Martinez, Vallejo and Sacramento.

He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Sacramento Superior Court.

The Bee reports Waller declined an interview from jail.