Escaped Miami rape suspect caught
por CNN.com

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MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- The serial rape suspect accused of terrorizing two neighborhoods smiled as police officers escorted him back to jail Tuesday, a week after he escaped by climbing through a vent and rappelling down the building using bed sheets.

A tip led detectives to Reynaldo Elias Rapalo, who was arrested about 10 p.m. Monday outside a video store in southwest Miami, said Amos Rojas Jr., Florida Department of Law Enforcement special agent in charge.

He had shaved his mustache and told officers who had chased him down that "he was a homeless guy from Nicaragua, that he was worried about immigration," Detective Alcides Velez said. "He was trying to mislead us in that direction."

Rapalo, 34, escaped December 20 as he awaited a February trial on felony counts of sexual battery and other charges that could send him to prison for life.

He is accused of sexually assaulting seven women and girls, ranging from 11 to 79 years old, before his capture in 2003.

"He is a very dangerous individual and we are very glad to have him back in custody," Miami-Dade Police Director Robert Parker said.