Police Looking for Suspected Serial Rapist Near Beaver Ridge Elementary

Update, 4:20 p.m.: according to Gwinnett Police.

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Updated, 5:20 p.m.

Gwinnett County Police are looking for a man wanted on multiple counts of armed robbery, sodomy and rape near Beaver Ridge Elementary in the Norcross area.

A SWAT team attempted to serve an arrest warrant just behind the school in Bradford Gwinnett Apartments at 100 Castor Dr. on Thursday morning (May 2) for Joseph Tyler Sivonda, 23.

Although he lives in the apartment complex, the wanted suspect was not present and is still at large, according to Gwinnett Police spokesman Cpl. Jake Smith.

Sivonda is wanted by Gwinnett Police for two counts of armed robbery, two counts of aggravated sodomy, and two counts of rape. Additional charges are under investigation. 

WSB-TV reports that police say the 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.

In the news release, Smith said that Sivonda is about 5’07” tall and 130 pounds, and his hair is believed to be shorter than in the attached photo. Anyone with information on Sivonda is asked to call detectives with the GCPD Robbery Unit at 770-513-5300 or Crime Stoppers at 404-557-TIPS (8477).

Additionally, police advise that anyone encountering Sivonda should call 911.

The information is based solely on news release from Gwinnett County Police. It does not indicate a conviction.

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