Crime & Safety

Update: Trial Delayed for Man Charged in Ross Rapes

Jury selection was to have begun today for Arthur Lamont Henderson.

A change in defense counsel has delayed the trial of a 38-year-old North Side man charged with raping and robbing two women in Ross, and another in Hopewell, within a four-day period in Ross Township.

Arthur Lamont Henderson, who has been in the Allegheny County Jail on a $2.5 million bond since his arrest January 20, had been scheduled to go on trial today. A new trial date is expected to be set today. He has pleaded not guilty.

The charges against Henderson stem from two attacks on Ross Township women, route: {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"show", :id=>"man-facing-charges-in-attacks-of-ross-women-said-he-needed-money-court-records-say"} -->—one reported Saturday, Jan. 7 at the  complex on Johnanna Drive and the other Monday, Jan. 9 at the 

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