Aug 10, 2022

U.S. Marshals capture Kan. man wanted for rape, armed robbery

Posted Aug 10, 2022 9:00 PM
Pike-photo Shawnee County
Pike-photo Shawnee County

SHAWNEE COUNTY–The search for a second suspect accused in a violent Kansas armed robbery is over. 

On Tuesday, the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Apprehension Task Force in collaboration with other agencies located and arrested 20-year-old London D. Pike near Jefferson County and and Leavenworth County, according to Deputy Abigail Christian.

Just after 6p.m. Tuesday, Pike of Topeka  was booked into jail, according to Shawnee County inmate records.

He is being held on requested charges of rape, aggravated kidnapping, theft, aggravated robbery, aggravated battery, aggravated assault; use of a deadly weapon and aggravated intimidation of a witness, criminal threat, according to online records.

Pike in a photo released by the Shawnee Co. Sheriff's office as they asked the public for help to locate the suspect.
Pike in a photo released by the Shawnee Co. Sheriff's office as they asked the public for help to locate the suspect.

On the evening of July 16, sheriff's deputies were dispatched for an unknown problem in the 11,000 block of SW 29th Street in Shawnee County, according to Deputy Abigail Christian.

 A 27-year-old female victim was taken at gun point from Topeka to this location.

During this time, the victim was struck in the head with a firearm, threatened and stripped of her outer clothing. The victim’s black 2017 Chevrolet Malibu was stolen and she was left in the roadway. A citizen found her walking and called 911.

The victim received medical attention on scene by American Medical Response and was then transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Christian.

Fox is being held in Neosho County on a  requested murder charge.
Fox is being held in Neosho County on a  requested murder charge.

Throughout the investigation, deputies identified two suspects. 41-year-old Nicole Fox and Pike. 

On August 1, authorities arrested Fox in Allen County in the July 25 death of 34-year-old Blake Pearson in Chanute, according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.