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WEBVTT REPORTER BOB MAYO, WITH HOWOFFICERS FINALLY TRACKED HIMDOWN.>> THEY ARE TRACKING INFORMATIONFROM VICTIMS ACROSS THE COUNTY.ONE RAPE CHARGED AGAINSTJONATHAN VANCE DATES TO JANUARY,BUT AUTHORITIES PROMISE MORECHARGES ARE COMING.>> MR. VANCE IS SUSPECTED OFAPPROXIMATELY 15 RAPES OVER THEPAST 15 MONTHS.BOB POLICE WITH WARRANTS ARE: SEARCHING HIS VAN FOR CLUESAND LEADS.THEY SAY VICTIMS GAVEDESCRIPTIONS OF THE VAN AND THEPLATE NUMBER THAT LEDINVESTIGATORS TO VANCE.>> WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE AREMORE -- MORE VICTIMS OUT THERETHAT ARE AFRAID TO COME FORWARDAND WE ARE HOPING THEY WERE --THEY WILL COME FORWARD NOW THATHE HAS BEEN INCARCERATED.BOB: THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINTDESCRIBES VANCE PICKING UP WOMENALONG SEVENTH AVENUE IN BEAVERFALLS.ONE TOLD POLICE HE DROVE HER TOGRANDVIEW CEMETERY, WHERE HEPULLED A KNIFE AND SAID HE WASGOING TO RAPE AND KILL HER.POLICE SAY AFTER BEING VIOLENTLYASSAULTED AT KNIFEPOINT, SHEMANAGED TO GET AWAY AND CALL911.>> WE HAVE HAD A TASK FORCEOPERATIN SINCE THE END OF JULYTRYING TO TRACK DOWN MR. VANCE.BOB: WHEN POLICE WENT TO HIS --VANCE'S WHITE TOWNSHIP HOME TOARREST HIM, THEY SAY VANCERESISTED AND GRABBED WHAT LOOKEDLIKE A GUN WHILE HIS WIFE AND SMALL CHILDREN WERE IN THEHOUSE.HE WAS POINTING IT AT US INTHE DARK.ALL WE COULD SEE WAS THE LIGHTAND HIS KNUCKLES RAPPED AROUNDTHE FRONT OF WHAT APPEARED TO BEA WEAPON.IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED WAS APOWER DRILL WITH A FLASHLIGHT ONTOP.BO VANCE IS BEING HELD AT THEBEAVER COUNTY JAIL ON $100,000BOND.IF YOU ARE A POTENTIAL VICTIM,POLICE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

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A man is charged with one rape and is a suspect in a total of 15 sex assaults over the past 15 months -- in an investigation that spans multiple jurisdictions in Beaver County, authorities said Wednesday.The one rape case in which 31-year-old White Township resident Jonathan Vance is charged so far happened January, but authorities promise more charges in other cases are coming."Mr. Vance is suspected of approximately 15 rapes over the past 15 months," said David Lozier, Beaver County district attorney, during a news conference at the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Beaver County on Wednesday.Police with warrants were searching Vance's impounded van for clues and leads. Investigators said alleged victims gave descriptions of the van and its license plate number that led investigators to Vance."We do believe that there are more victims out there that have been afraid to come forward. And we're hoping that they will come forward now that he's been incarcerated," said Lieutenant Eric Hermick of the state police, which led the investigation.The criminal complaint filed with a district judge described Vance picking up women along Seventh Avenue in Beaver Falls."The assaults happened in multiple jurisdictions, but most of the women were from the Beaver Falls area," Lozier said.One woman told police Vance drove her to Grandview Cemetery, where she said he pulled a knife and told her that he was going to rape and kill her. Police wrote that after she had been violently assaulted at knifepoint, she managed to get away and call 911."We've had a task force operating since the end of July to try to track down Mr. Vance," Lozier said. "That task force led by PA state police includes police from North Sewickley, Beaver Falls, New Brighton, Patterson Township, the Beaver County anti-drug task force and Beaver County detectives."When police went to Vance's White Township home to arrest him Wednesday night, they say Vance resisted and grabbed what appeared at the time to be a gun while his wife and three small children were in the house."He was pointing it at us in the dark. All we could see was the light and his knuckles wrapped around the front of what appeared to be a weapon. It was later discovered it was a power drill with a flashlight on top," Hermick said. "But we were able to apprehend him without any deadly force. He wouldn't cooperate, wouldn't follow commands, even at gunpoint, So yeah, he was very aggressive last night."Vance was arrested after a struggle with police.Police plan to file more charges against Vance and say they believe there are more victims."When we already have this volume of 15 or so, we know that there's got to be one to 20 more out there We don't know but we have to anticipate that there is," Hermick said."If anyone has any information regarding any other activities, they can contact either the Beaver Falls police department or the Pennsylvania state police to communicate further information," Lozier said.Vance continues to be held in the Beaver County Jail as the investigation continues. His bond is set at $100,000.Get your news on the go: Download the WTAE mobile app