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Chattanooga police arrest suspect in 2017 North Shore rape

Ronald B. Strickland / Photo courtesy Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
Ronald B. Strickland / Photo courtesy Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Ronald B. Strickland / Photo courtesy Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
photo Ronald B. Strickland / Photo courtesy Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office

The Chattanooga Police Department announced Friday it has made an arrest in a Nov. 11, 2017, rape that occurred in the North Shore area.

Ronald B. Strickland, 41, has been charged with rape and especially aggravated burglary and booked into the Hamilton County Jail, according to a news release from the Chattanooga Police Department.

Strickland is suspected in the rape of a woman who said she was asleep in her North Shore home when her assailant broke into the house through a window. The man fled in an unknown direction after the attack.