State police in Kittanning are searching for a man who is accused of sexually assaulting and strangling multiple women.
Zachary William Baum, 24, of Kittanning is facing several charges, including rape, corruption of minors, strangulation, harassment, indecent assault, simple assault, open lewdness, harassment and disseminating photos or videos of child sex acts, court documents show.
According to police, the sexual assaults occurred over the course of many years. Baum often would message random women on Facebook before meeting them.
One victim was raped in the middle of a street near the Honey Bear gas station in Kittanning, according to a police report. Another was 16 when she was raped in his car at the Community Park in Kittanning, police said. Baum, who has two Protection From Abuse orders against him, is accused of violating one in an attempt to have charges dropped.
Baum is considered to be “highly dangerous and violent,” officers said.
Anyone with information on his location should contact police at 724-543-2011.
