Police Apprehend Norcross Man Wanted on Rape, Sodomy Charges

After a week-long search, Gwinnett County Police have apprehended a suspected serial rapist from the Norcross area.

23, was taken into custody Thursday morning (May 9), according to a news release from police spokesman Cpl. Jake Smith.

"A team of Gwinnett County Police Department detectives, U.S. Marshals, and deputies from the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit located Sivonda at an apartment in Duluth," continued Smith.

He was staying with Tiffany Martin, 30, who also was arrested and charged with hindering the apprehension of a felon. Sivonda is currently in custody at the Gwinnett County Detention Center without bond.

Sivonda was wanted on two counts of armed robbery, two counts of aggravated sodomy, and two counts of rape.

On Thursday last week (May 2), a Gwinnett SWAT team attempted to serve an arrest warrant at Bradford Gwinnett Apartments in unincorporated Norcross, directly behind Beaver Ridge Elementary.

While he lives in the apartment complex, Sivonda was not present at that time. Police sent out another news release the next day with a more recent photo of Sivonda in case the public spotted him or had any information on his whereabouts.

WSB-TV reports that police say the Norcross-area apartment complex was the site for multiple sexual assaults by Sivonda. According to the news station, police believe he used Backpage.com "to arrange the encounters with female escorts he planned to attack." The women would show up to meet him, and he would rob and assault them at gunpoint, authorities told WSB-TV.

The information in this article was obtained directly from a news release. It does not indicate a conviction.

See also:

• Police Looking for Suspected Serial Rapist Near Beaver Ridge Elementary
• Suspected Serial Rapist Still at Large

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