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Sheriff's Office: Kidnapping, Rape Suspect Found Hiding Behind Dryer, Arrested

WEST MIFFLIN (KDKA) -- Allegheny County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a man suspected of kidnapping and raping a woman.

George Holiday, 26, of Duquesne, was wanted on three separate warrants.

The Sheriff's Office says a tip sent them to the Monview Housing complex in West Mifflin. Sheriff's deputies searched two apartments there and found Holiday hiding behind a dryer.

He was taken into custody.

Police have been looking for Holiday since an incident at a gas station in Whitaker in October.

According to the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office, Holiday is accused of taking the woman at gunpoint from the gas station.

The woman told investigators she was raped and feared for her life.

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Authorities say Holiday was also wanted for an assault that happened in Braddock in August.

The third warrant was for a probation violation stemming from a car chase in Duquesne in April of 2015, the sheriff's office said.

Holiday is facing a long list of charges including - kidnapping, rape, aggravated assault, simple assault, terroristic threats, involuntary deviate sexual assault and indecent assault.

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