Blue, who was arrested early Feb. 26, is being held at the DeKalb County Jail. He  was denied bound at his first court appearance on Sunday, Feb. 28. A probable cause hearing is set for March 23, at DeKalb Superior Court.

Blue lived at 536 S. Lands End, at the gated Liberty Landings apartments, which is in the vicinity of where the crimes took place.

Police said the latest victim had arrived at her Stone Mountain apartment complex when Blue walked up and forced her back into her vehicle at gunpoint. After Blue raped her, he drove her around the area before she managed to escape and alert neighbors, who called police. As officers arrived on the scene, Blue bolted from the vehicle. Police caught him after a short foot chase through her apartment complex grounds.

Blue has been linked to 12 incidents in the Hambrick Road-Memorial Drive area, DeKalb Police Chief William O’Brien said. All but two of the incidents were sex crimes, O’Brien said. The victims ranged from their teens to 30s, police said.

DeKalb County Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton, who lives in the area where the assaults took place, said she was relieved to hear that police had made an arrest.

“I felt tremendous relief. This is the kind of thing that just weighs on you to know that there is someone out there preying on women,” said Sutton, who said that she was shocked at the age of the suspect.

Sutton had held two community meetings with police officers to offer tips to women on protecting themselves, and to stress that residents pay attention to their surroundings and be “nosey neighbors.” Sutton said that some neighbors actually heard the assaults taking place but thought they were domestic disturbances and did nothing.

“On more than one occasion, they heard the assault taking place but didn’t get involved because they thought it was just a domestic disturbance,” Sutton said.

In three sexual assaults that occurred last year, the suspect kicked the door in and raped the woman at gunpoint, police said. He covered his face with a T-shirt or other clothing. In January, a man broke into a woman’s home, bashed her in the head with a gun and fondled her breast.

Blue faces 30 counts, including  rape, attempted rape, aggravated sodomy, armed robbery, rape, kidnapping, burglary, aggravated sexual battery and aggravated assault.