James Allen Selby Accused rapist

Man charged with 4 campus-area rapes apprehended in Colorado Springs yesterday

The man charged with four rapes near UA last year was arrested yesterday afternoon, after walking into a Veterans Administration Hospital in Colorado Springs and giving his name to hospital officials who recognized him from police photographs.

James Allen Selby is wanted in Oklahoma, Nevada, California and Arizona in connection with 15 sex crimes committed in the past four years.

All of the attacks were in college towns.

Tucson Police have received no word as to why Selby was at the hospital. Selby was last sighted in Tucson on Aug. 18.

Selby will remain at the El Paso Criminal Justice Center in Colorado Springs, where he is being charged as a fugitive from justice, until state jurisdictions determine to where he will be extradited, said Rich Tracy, deputy U.S. Marshall public affairs officer.

He is expected to have gone to court late last night or this morning.

No sightings of Selby in Colorado Springs were made before his arrest. Authorities were surprised to find him in Colorado, said Tucson Police Department Chief Richard Miranda.

Investigators are now backtracking their investigation to determine how long and why Selby was in Colorado, Tracy said.

Recent photos of Selby were released to the public Sept. 13 and appeared on flyers throughout the country.

"There were a number of people in the public and police departments working together to get the job done," Miranda said. "It gives the community a peace of mind."

The Tucson Police Department is notifying assault victims of his arrest.

TPD charged Selby on Aug. 16 for attempted murder, three counts of sexual assault, one count of aggravated assault and one count of kidnapping .

The first assault occurred on Oct. 3 on East Adams Street near campus. Another took place on Oct. 31 on East Blacklidge Drive. In January, a man entered a home near North First Avenue and Roger Road and sexually assaulted a juvenile female. The last reported sexual assault was on May 30, near East 22nd Street and South Fifth Avenue.

Police have not attributed any other attacks to Selby since the May 30 incident.