Fairfax County police are searching for Johnny D. Guillen Pimentel, a 40-year-old man who they believe is connected to a string of assaults committed against women inside various retail outlets this summer.

In previous weeks, DCist had deemed weekend news of the man slashing women’s butts in Fairfax County shopping malls suitable for the “Crime in Brief,” but the incidents have become so pervasive and with Fairfax County authorities still struggling to catch the suspect, it will no longer be relegated to a roundup. At least nine women have come forward claiming they’ve been slashed or stabbed in the butt since February, and now Fairfax County police have created an internal task force to coordinate the many leads and calls about the case to find the attacker.

The number of women who have reported being stabbed or slashed by a man in Fairfax County has now increased to nine, after three more women came forward.