SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - A serial rapist from West Springfield who was arrested in March 2022 pleaded guilty on Thursday to 30 charges. Ali Ghaffar was arrested near Bear Hole Reservoir in West Springfield, where he had allegedly assaulted at least six women from Springfield at gunpoint. Officers arrested him with another victim in the car. Neighbors in disbelief of alleged serial rapist is arrested in Bear Hole Ghaffar was identified with help from two survivors. DNA samples were also taken from Ghaffar which matched a sample from the March survivor. On Thursday, Ghaffar pleaded guilty to the following charges in Hampden Superior Court: Aggravated Rape (12 counts) Armed kidnapping with serious bodily injury (6 counts) Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Threat to commit a crime (4 counts) Indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older (3 counts) Assault to rape (3 counts) Larceny He is scheduled to be sentenced on January 16th. Local News Headlines F-35A Lighting II fighter jets replacing aging F-15 aircraft at Barnes ANGB in Westfield Is the winter solstice the shortest day of the year? Car collides with tree on Roosevelt Ave. in Springfield Massachusetts serial rapist arrested in West Springfield pled guilty to 30 charges WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.