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Date of Release: November 24, 1997
Fugitive / Case Number- 612
Case Facts: Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward up to $ 1,000.00 for information leading to the arrest of Bennie
Earl Barnes. Barnes is a career criminal whose past reveals crimes of violent nature.
Barnes is wanted by the City of Erie Police Department for Kidnapping, Rape, Involuntary
Deviate Sexual Intercourse and Terroristic Threats. In the early mourning hours of October
25, 1997, Barnes allegedly grabbed a victim at the corner of east 10th and Parade Street
in Erie. He then forced here to go with him into a wooded area somewhere between the 200
to 400 block of Wayne Street where he then sexually assaulted her. Barnes then took the
woman to a nearby area formally used as a junk yard, placed her in an abandoned vehicle
and again sexually assaulted her. Later that day, Barnes is alleged to have lured another
female into the same abandoned vehicle where he also sexually assaulted here. Barnes
reportedly brandished a knife during the assaults and should be considered armed
and dangerous.
Description:
Black Male - 45 years of age
6 foot tall
190 lbs.
Brown eyes
Short black hair with a mustache at the time of the crime
At the time of the attack Barnes was wearing a long green military trench coat, black knit stocking cap and jeans.
Barnes is from Mississippi, and had no permanent address, but resided at different location within the City of Erie
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