The man charged in a string of sexual assaults in southeast DeKalb County was back in court Wednesday.
Trever Deion Blue allegedly raped or sexually assaulted 11 women during a six-month crime spree in the Hambrick Road area of Stone Mountain.
"It was a feeling of fear and uneasiness," said Sharon Barnes Sutton, the county commissioner for the area where the attacks took place. "There was no rhyme or reason."
Between September 2009 and February 2010, victims ranging in age from their teens to their 60s reported being attacked.
"We've seen serial rapists before," DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said Wednesday outside the courthouse. "He was perhaps more prolific than other suspects we've dealt with."
Blue was 19 when he was arrested on Feb. 26, 2010.
Police said he attacked a 21-year-old woman outside her apartment at gunpoint, forcing her back into her car and attempting to rob and sexually assault her, police said.
The woman escaped and alerted neighbors, who called police.
After a foot chase through the apartment complex, police apprehended Blue, authorities said.
On Wednesday, Blue, now 21, stood before DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Linda W. Hunter facing a 68-count indictment that includes nine counts each of aggravated sodomy and kidnapping, seven counts of sexual battery, three counts of rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery.
Also among the charges are four counts of cruelty to children, for allegedly forcing four juveniles to watch as he attacked their mother, according to police and court records.
Hunter questioned prosecutors and Blue's defense attorney about plans for DNA evidence prosecutors intend to use in trial.
Public defender Letitia Delan told Hunter she was awaiting the report from a DNA expert at the University of Idaho before she would be prepared for a DNA hearing in the fall.
Delan is new to the case, replacing Juwayn Haddad, who was originally assigned to defend Blue but retired earlier this year.
Hunter requested that Delan give an update of the DNA review by Friday so that a DNA hearing can be set.
Blue remains in the DeKalb County jail without bond.
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