Everett Simpson, 41, faces extradition to Vermont. The Upper Darby Township (Pennsylvania) Police Department apprehended Simpson Sunday night. Police say he is expected to face federal charges in the District of Vermont for car theft, kidnapping and sexual assault.
A police investigation found that Simpson left a substance-abuse rehabilitation facility in eastern Vermont and stole a 2014 Kia sedan three days earlier.
Simpson allegedly forced a woman and her child into their car outside of the Mall of New Hampshire in Manchester Saturday afternoon, police said. He allegedly drove the car to White River Junction where he then forced the woman to get a room at a motel. He then sexually assaulted her in the room, according to police.
“The victim is a stranger who was targeted at random,” police said in a statement.
The woman and child were able to contact police to report the assault after he left the room. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Vermont State Police and the Hartford Police Department began a manhunt for Simpson.
Simpson was located Sunday afternoon in Pennsylvania when officers from the Prospect Park (Pennsylvania) Police Department were on an unrelated traffic stop. An automated license-place recognition system identified the stolen Kia from New Hampshire. The driver failed to stop the car for law enforcement, and a chase ensued. The Kia was abandoned in a parking lot. Police were searching for Simpson when another car was reported stolen, a red Pontiac Vibe. The Upper Darby Township (Pennsylvania) Police Department located that car and another chase ensued. The Vibe crashed into a telephone pole and Simpson was taken into custody.
According to police, Simpson had escaped a substance abuse treatment facility in Vermont three days before the alleged assault.
Simpson was arrested in September after he allegedly stole a car in Littleton, New Hampshire. Police located the vehicle in Vermont and attempted to pull it over, but Simpson accelerated, reaching speeds of 90 miles per hour as he led a chase through Lyndonville.
Simpson tried to abandon the car on foot after driving it off the road, but was taken into custody. As police were arresting him, he allegedly struck a Vermont State Police trooper multiple times in the head.
