In October, the community was fearful after three women were attacked at Courtland Center Mall in Burton and the Genesee Valley Mall in Flint Township. Kevin Thomas was arrested, tried and found guilty of the attacks. On Monday, Thomas will be back in court to hear his sentence.
During the course of the 6-day trial in October, Prosecutor David Leyton and Assistant Prosecutor Tamara Phillips presented a case that Prosecutor Leyton has called "every woman's worst nightmare."
Testimony showed that that the first incident occurred in the parking lot of the Courtland Center shopping mall in Burton on October 22, 2007. A female shopper was getting into her car when she was attacked and taken in her own vehicle to another location where he raped her numerous times.
Two days later, another female shopper was leaving the Genesee Valley Center shopping mall when she was forced her into her car before she was able to break free and seek help.
Just hours later, the third victim was at Courtland Center where she was assaulted while getting into her car. As with the first victim, she was forced to drive to the same location where she was raped numerous times.
