SEATTLE – A Level 3 sex offender from Kent is now charged with three counts of rape. The Seattle Times also reports police are investigating him in connection with five additional sexual assaults of prostitutes who worked on Aurora Avenue North.

Brandon Cole Reed, 31, was reportedly arrested last Wednesday. The arrest came a day after another Level 3 offender was cleared of charges on the same rape cases.

The Times reports, according to charging documents, Reed would pick up the prostitutes and rape them while threatening them with a knife. He also allegedly used handcuffs and mace.

Reed’s criminal history dates back 20 years. When he was 11, Reed and his 12-year-old brother were convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl in Seattle’s High Point neighborhood. Their 8-year-old brother watched and 9-year-old friend helped hold the girl down.