Man who 'raped woman in woods' discovered hours later lounging by stranger's pool and reading a newspaper

Suspect: Anthony Vega, 49, was arrested and charged with rape after he ended up in the backyard of a Hanson, Mass., home, where he decided to take a dip in the pool to cool off after smoking crack cocaine

A Massachusetts man wanted for allegedly kidnapping and raping a homeless woman in the woods has been caught after he was discovered sitting naked by a stranger's pool.
Anthony Vega, 49, of Pembroke, was arrested and charged in connection to the Saturday sex assault after he ended up in Phyllis Darling's backyard.
Darling said she spotted Vega sitting on a chair by the pool on her property and reading a newspaper, wearing nothing by a towel.
The alarmed homeowner called police to remove the intruder. Vega was taken to Brockton Hospital for a check-up, where it was revealed that Vega is a suspect in a rape.
The victim, a 34-year-old homeless woman from Boston, told police that Vega approached her at the Dudley Square MBTA station early Saturday morning and offered her a ride to a motel in Dorchester, the Boston Herald reported.
Instead, however, police said Vega drove for three or four hours, taking rural roads that the women did not recognize.
The 34-year-old attempted to escape and even take control of the steering wheel, but Vega reassured her that he did not intend to hurt her and just wanted to 'make love,' according to police.
Vega allegedly brought the unnamed woman to a wooded area near Hanson, where he held her down and raped her.
The 34-year-old woman punched her alleged attacker in the face and eventually was able to flee, but not before writing down his name and license plate number on her hand.
After making her way through the woods to a road, the woman stopped a passing motorist, who agreed to drive her to Hanover, according to the Boston Globe.

Busted: Vega was ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty to charges of kidnapping and aggravated rape, with his lawyer claiming that the alleged victim was a prostitute

She then contacted police to report the rape and picked out the 49-year-old Vega from two photographic line-ups. The woman also identified his car, which was found abandoned in Hanson.
Following Vega’s arrest, his attorney admitted that his client did take a dip in Darling’s pool in order to cool off after using crack cocaine.