Jul 22, 2008 10:53 am US/Eastern
Police Nab Suspected Foot Fetish Bandit In N.H.
Man Admitted To Numerous Incidents, Authorities Say
WINDHAM, N.H. (CBS) ―
Police in New Hampshire say they have captured the foot fetish bandit who has been assaulting local women at fitness centers, CBS station WBZ-TV in Boston reports.
Eric Henson, 31 of Hudson, is charged with assaulting three women in Windham in recent weeks. In each case police say he approached a woman and asked for assistance with an exercise move or massage technique. He then grabbed their foot and put it on his groin.
Once the case went public, Windham police say they received several anonymous tips identifying Henson as a possible suspect.
Police say once they interviewed Henson he admitted to assaulting as many as 18 women.
In addition to the three cases in Windham, police received calls from at least six women in towns in Southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts reporting foot fetish assaults. Henson is charged only in the Windham cases.
Police tell WBZ that Henson only recently moved to Hudson. He previously lived in Wakefield, Mass., where at least one woman reported to police that she was assaulted. They also received reports from Worcester and Salem and Merrimack, N.H.
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