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Former 'Superthief' to be sentenced in 1970s Boca Raton rapes
John Arthur MacLean, the former South Florida serial burglar called the “Superthief,” will be sentenced Monday on two rape convictions in cases from the 1970s.
Both crimes happened in Boca Raton over a four month period, but it took decades for police to bring charges based on DNA breakthroughs.
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MacLean was convicted of raping a 15-year-old baby sitter in October 1976, and a 26-year-old mother of two young boys in February 1977.
The victims in both cases testified, providing harrowing accounts of a man in disguise who attacked them at gunpoint and promised not to hurt them if they didn’t scream.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel is not identifying any of the women because of the circumstances of the crimes.
A Massachusetts native with a reportedly high IQ, MacLean has bragged about using his locksmith expertise to pull off some 2,000 burglaries along the East Coast in the 1970s, claiming to have pocketed more than $100 million.
Both crimes happened in Boca Raton over a four month period, but it took decades for police to bring charges based on DNA breakthroughs.
...
MacLean was convicted of raping a 15-year-old baby sitter in October 1976, and a 26-year-old mother of two young boys in February 1977.
The victims in both cases testified, providing harrowing accounts of a man in disguise who attacked them at gunpoint and promised not to hurt them if they didn’t scream.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel is not identifying any of the women because of the circumstances of the crimes.
A Massachusetts native with a reportedly high IQ, MacLean has bragged about using his locksmith expertise to pull off some 2,000 burglaries along the East Coast in the 1970s, claiming to have pocketed more than $100 million.
