Man arrested in Maine charged in Mass. rapes

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A man suspected in the rapes of two women near Faneuil Hall last month was arrested in Maine over the weekend and is being held on $2 million bail.

Authorities said Kevin Bennett, 33, of Arlington, Mass., picked up the women near Faneuil Hall Marketplace on separate nights last month and then took them to Cambridge, where he allegedly raped and assaulted them.

He was arraigned Wednesday in Cambridge District Court on rape, kidnapping and assault with intent to murder charges. The women believed they were getting into cabs.

Bennett was identified through DNA, prosecutors said.

He was arrested at a location near Augusta, Maine, over the weekend on an unrelated warrant, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.