Hays Police Department

On Oct. 11, the Hays Police Department received two separate reports of multiple sexual assaults that had occurred over the last nine months.

Two female victims, one 28 years old and one 27 years old, reported they had been sexually assaulted by an acquaintance. The victims told police they were sexually assaulted at different times and different locations.

On Oct. 11, the Hays Police Department arrested 27-year-old Aaron Michael John Shippy on suspicion of two counts of rape and aggravated sodomy.

Shippy is considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.