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Darold Wayne Bowden, 47, pled guilty to rape, burglary and kidnapping on Friday and will spend at least a quarter century in prison for his crimes. Five of Bowden's six victims spoke in court, saying that he completely ruined their lives. 

COMING UP AHEAD AT 6:00. >>> THE MAN KNOWN AS THE RAMSEY STREET RAPIST PLEADED GUILTY TO 24 CHARGES IN A CUMBERLAND COUNTY COURTROOM TODAY. HE WILL SPEND AT LEAST 22 YEARS IN PRISON. HE WAS CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING SIX WOMEN EQUAL THE RAMSEY STREET AREA OF FAYETTE PHIL. BRYAN MIMS JOINS US LIVE IN FAYETTEVILLE WHERE EMOTIONAL STATES WERE GIVEN IN IT. >> Reporter: QUITE EMOTIONAL. HE HAS SPENT THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS IN JAIL. ALL OF THE ATTACKS HAPPENED IN THE SAME AREA OF NORTH FAYETTE PHIL. >> Reporter: BECOME ALL OCCURRED LATE AT NIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING. MOST OCCURRED INSIDE THE HOMES OF THE WOMEN. TODAY, THE WOMEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY DIFFICULT THOUGH IT WAS TO ADDRESS THEIR ATTACKER IN COURT. >> CERTAINLY IS OR ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? >> KNOWS HER. >> NOTHING? >> Reporter: HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COURT. HE JUST PLEADED GUILTY TO 26 CHARGES INCLUDING RAPE, 2nd DEGREE RAPE, BURGLARY AND KIDNAPPING. THE ASSAULTS TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 2006 AND 2008 IN NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG RAMSEY STREET. A NEW FORENSIC TECHNIQUE CALLED GENETIC GENEALOGY LINKED HIM TO THE CRIMES. FIVE OF THE SIX VICTIMS SPOKE IN COURT BECAUSE THEY ARE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, WE ARE NOT SHOWING THEIR FACES. >> YEAH TERRORIZED ME. >> Reporter: AS THEY SPOKE HE KEPT HIS HEAD DOWN LOOKING AT THEM. >> HE ATTACKED ME MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY AND TRAUMATIZED ME. HE HAS NO REMORSE FOR HIS ACTIONS. A CHANGE NOT ONLY MY LIFE BUT THE LIVES OF MY LOVED ONES TO GO. >> Reporter: THE WOMEN RANGED IN AGE OF THE TIME FROM 50-44. THE JUDGE REMOVED HIS MASK TO SAY HE WANTED HIM TO SEE HIS FACE WHEN SPEAKING TO HIM. >> YOU HAVE INFLICTED UNIMAGINABLE AND IMMEASURABLE PAIN AND SUFFERING ON THESE VICTIMS. WHO NO LONGER CHOOSE TO BE CALLED VICTIMS BUT SURVIVORS AS WELL. YOU HAVE SAVED THE SURVIVORS FROM ADDITIONAL PAIN BY ENTERING INTO THE PLEA. TRUCK UNDER THE PLEA ARRANGEMENT, HE WILL SPEND AT LEAST 235 MONTHS, NEARLY 23 YEARS IN PRISON. THE MAXIMUM HE COULD SPEND BEHIND BARS IS JUST OVER 28 YEARS. IF HE HAD GONE TO TRIAL HE

'He terrorized me,' victims of Ramsey Street Rapist speak out in court 

A man dubbed the "Ramsey Street Rapist" pled guilty to 24 charges in court on Friday after he was arrested in 2018 for a string of sexual assaults committed around the Ramsey Street corridor in Fayetteville between 2006 and 2008.

EARLY 70 BY NEXT THURSDAY. >>> I'M MIKEYA THURMOND IN THE WRAL LIVE SENT TO  I WANT TO BRING YOU A BREAKING UPDATE 10 MINUTES AGO WE CONFIRMED THE MAN WHO BECAME KNOWN AS THE RAMSEY STREET TRENT ARENA HAS PLED GUILTY. CURRENTLY THIS IS SHARED ON WRAL.COM. PLEADED GUILTY TO 24 CHARGES AND WILL SPEND AT LEAST 25 YEARS  IN PRISON. THIS CONFIRMED FROM WRAL'S BRYAN MIMS. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR >>> OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS COMMITTED AROUND THE RAMSEY

"Ramsey Street Rapist" pleads guilty to rape, kidnapping 

Darold Bowden

A serial rape suspect is expected to plead guilty in court Friday years after he was arrested for a string of sexual assaults around the Ramsey Street corridor that were reported in the city between 2006 and 2008.

'He terrorized me, he crushed my dignity:' Victims of Ramsey Street Rapist speak out in court after guilty plea 

A victim of the "Ramsey Street Rapist" told WRAL on Thursday that she is relieved that police have made an arrest in the years-old case. 



'Long time coming': Victim relieved after arrest of alleged 'Ramsey Street Rapist'

Fayetteville police on Aug. 22 released mug shots of  a suspect believed responsible for at least six rapes in the city that date back to March 2006.

Police release mug shots of suspected 'Ramsey Street Rapist'

Darold Wayne Bowden Jan. 2003

A mug shot of Darold Wayne Bowden from June  2004. (Photo: Fayetteville police)

Darold Wayne Bowden from June 2004

A mugh shot of Darold Wayne Bowden taken after his arrest in August 2018.

Darold Waynbe Bowden August 2018

A mug shot of Darold Wayne Bowden from January 2006. (Photo: Fayetteville police)

Darold Wayne Bowden 

Darold Bowden being arrested in August 2018.

Federal authorities and the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office confirmed Wednesday that a possible serial rape suspect has been arrested for a string of sexual assaults between 2006 and 2008.