A 69-year-old man is accused of committing five rapes in 1982

By Justin Kendall in News

Thu., Jul. 16 2009 @ 2:48PM

Samuel S. Johnson

Jackson County prosecutors charged Samuel S. Johnson with six counts of felony rape, two counts of felony attempted sodomy and one count of first-degree robbery Thursday.

Court records allege that Johnson, 69, raped five women in between June 7 and August 26 of 1982. Johnson allegedly threatened to kill the women with a knife if they didn't have sex with him. DNA evidence linked Johnson to the crimes.

Court documents say Johnson is incarcerated in the South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri.