The vicious, knife-wielding rapist who terrorized Brooklyn since October, once wearing a frightening devil mask, was nabbed yesterday, cops said.
Gerard Mitchell, 29, was picked up across the street from his home on Moore Street in Williamsburg.
The first attack occurred Oct. 8 at 5:30 a.m., when Mitchell allegedly grabbed a 22-year-old woman.
Saying he had a gun, he dragged her to a vacant lot, made her strip naked, attempted to rape her, and forced her to perform oral sex, cops said.
The second attack took place Oct. 29, when a 29-year-old woman was grabbed by the neck from behind at knifepoint.
She was forced into a building stairwell, ordered to strip, raped, forced to perform oral sex, and robbed.
The third attack occurred Wednesday at 6:30 a.m., when a 38-year-old woman on her way to work was grabbed from behind.
Her attacker, who wore a red and white devil mask, demanded her money. Then he sexually assaulted her.
Mitchell faces 25 years to life behind bars.