Serial Rapist

Essex County authorities say they have a suspected serial rapist in custody. Elliot Williams is accused of sexually assaulting five women in Orange and East Orange from July 1997 through Wednesday. Knives were used in four of the assaults. A handgun was displayed in the fifth. The 25-year-old was arrested Sunday night. The Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force, which was created to investigate the 14 unsolved killings in the county, cracked the case.