Guilty plea for East Coast Rapist suspect Thomas was expected to enter similar pleas in Prince William County two weeks ago but ultimately did not. He told a Prince William judge at the time that he did not understand what he should do, and the hearing was suspended and the case scheduled for a January trial. Thomas is again scheduled to enter guilty pleas in Prince William on Friday, where prosecutors have agreed to drop weapons charges should he plead guilty to two counts of rape and three counts of abduction. The charges in Loudoun and Prince William carry the possibility of multiple life sentences in prison. The Prince William case, involving the abduction of three teenage trick-or-treaters on Halloween 2009, is the most recent in a string of more than a dozen attacks police have linked to Thomas using DNA evidence. Thomas was arrested in 2011 after a lengthy manhunt for a previously unknown rapist who police believed was responsible for attacks dating to the 1990s up and down the East Coast. Thomas - who in lengthy interviews told The Washington Post that he is the East Coast Rapist and that he attacked women during half of his life - confessed to police immediately after his capture in New Haven, Conn. Police have linked Thomas to crimes in Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and they believe he likely committed numerous rapes they don't know about. Thomas told The Post about several rapes in Prince George's County that pre-date the list police have compiled. Thomas on Thursday took responsibility for raping a woman who was moving out of her Leesburg apartment on May 24, 2001. The woman, who was then 41 years old, said a man grabbed her from behind as she entered her nearly empty apartment before attacking her. In that case, the woman reported that her attacker threatened her with a screwdriver, bound her, and raped her on the floor of an unfurnished bedroom. She said that she pounded on the floor to try to get a neighbor's attention and implored her attacker to consider what his mother would think of his actions. He fled with her clothes and mobile phone. "He did it just because he could," the woman said in a 2010 interview with The Post. It was like he had done it before, again and again. Thomas said in interviews that the Leesburg rape happened after he made a delivery in the area. Then living in Prince William and working for a lumber company in Alexandria, he said he parked his truck and went walking through the neighborhood, happening upon his victim. He said he had no connection to the apartment complex. The rape came at a turbulent time in Thomas's life, when he was having trouble in his long-term relationship with a girlfriend. Just weeks after the rape, Thomas was arrested in Prince William after a domestic fight. Many of the rapes police attribute to Thomas happened near places where Thomas once lived or worked. Thomas has said he remembers few details from the attacks and does not remember his victims" faces. He also said he understands he needs to be punished for the crimes but believes there is something wrong with him that he doesn't understand.