Police sergeant by day, rapist at night

The rape reports were scattered over more than two years, but the four women's accounts were similar — a man entered their home while they were alone and threatened them with a weapon, either a gun or a knife. In one case, the attacker told the woman he had been watching her. In another, he threatened the woman's family and recited their address to her. FBI profilers agreed there were enough similarities to suspect a single person might be responsible. On Friday, a Bloomington Police Department sergeant with 17 years of service was charged in the crimes. Jeffrey Scott Pelo faces two counts of home invasion and four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault just two days after he was indicted on charges of stalking a woman who said she found him lurking outside her home late at night. Pelo was in court for a hearing on the indictment Friday when he was arrested on the new, more serious charges. He did not speak during the brief hearing before Associate Judge Rebecca Foley, who set bond at $2 million. His wife left without comment, escorted by courthouse security. But reached late Friday, Pelo's mother-in-law said family members are standing by him. "I don't have anything to say — except that he's innocent," said Sandra Benecke.

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