Statutory Rape

Maine’s highest court has upheld the conviction of a Massachusetts man found guilty at trial of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in Auburn as far back as 2009. The Sun Journal reports that David P. Hunt Jr, 41, of Taunton, Massachusetts was convicted at trial in February 2022 on all four charges against him, including two for […]

A Massachusetts man is behind bars after police allege he had sexual contact with a minor in Steuben County. New York State Police at Bath arrested Adam Sullivan, 38, of Westfield, Massachusetts, following a joint investigation with Steuben County Child Protective Services. State police charged Sullivan with one count of first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, […]

This is one of the more important blog posts I have written in a long time.  It tells the tale of two grown men, William “Bill” Howcroft and a man we will call “Frank” (to protect his identity), who were sexually abused as boys by a janitor at their school, the now-closed Adams Memorial Junior […]

A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty on Thursday to transporting a minor from New Hampshire and engaging in sexual activity with her. Lawrence Marks, 35, of Tewksbury, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to transportation of a minor in interstate commerce for illegal sexual activity, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Donald Feith. He is scheduled to […]

A Ludlow woman who successfully pushed for new legislation extending the statute of limitations for alleged victims of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits will get her day in court. Kathy Picard, 52, has said previously she worked for 12 years to push a new bill extending the deadline for alleged victims to sue. The […]

A former youth hockey coach accused of sexually assaulting one of his young players in the 1990s pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to the charges against him, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. Robert Richardson, 61, of Dorchester, was indicted on three counts of child rape, authorities said. The alleged abuse […]

A man wanted in Massachusetts for allegedly raping a child was arrested Tuesday in the town of Austerlitz, New York, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. Zachary Santoro, 28, was arrested on a warrant at his home on Rapp Road, deputies said. The arrest was part of a joint investigation between the Massachusetts State […]

A Revere man has been sentenced to 2½ years in jail after being convicted of raping a 12-year-old Leominster girl in 2012. Eduardo Varanda was ordered in Worcester Superior Court to serve two years, with the balance suspended for five years of probation. Varanda, 21, was found guilty earlier this month of child rape but […]

A former high-ranking member of a Roman Catholic religious order has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for raping a boy at a Massachusetts summer camp in the 1980s. The Rev. Richard McCormick, of New York, was also sentenced last week in Lawrence Superior Court to 10 years of probation. The 73-year-old […]

A Pittsfield man has been found guilty of child rape for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl. A Berkshire Superior Court jury took a little more than two hours to convict Erick Ruiz-Trujillo of one count of rape of a child with force. Authorities say the 32-year-old Ruiz-Trujillo raped the girl in November 2012. While not […]

A Somerville teacher was charged with raping a 13-year-old student after authorities said the victim’s mother saw disturbing online communications. “The idea that a teacher would use their position of authority to manipulate an impressionable young teenager is unsettling and alarming,” Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan said. Alexandra Romanos, 41, of Stoneham, a fifth-grade […]

A registered sex offender from Lowell is facing charges for allegedly raping a girl over several years, starting when she was 6. Philip St. Hilaire was held on $100,000 bail after pleading not guilty to statutory rape of a child and indecent assault and battery of a child. Prosecutors say the girl, now 13, disclosed […]

A Level 3 sex offender who once won $10 million from the lottery was ordered held on $5 million cash bail amid allegations that he sexually assaulted a boy “continuously” over a four-year period. Daniel Snay, 62, of Uxbridge, was arrested in March and charged with indecent assault and battery on a child under the […]

The NH Union Leader reports that two Massachusetts men were arrested at a Salem NH motel on charges they induced a 15-year-old girl who had run away from home to act as a prostitute. Andy Pena, 19, was ordered held on $150,000 cash bail after his arraignment in 10th Circuit Court, Salem District Division, on […]

A Cape Coral, Florida, community has been rocked after a man in their neighborhood was arrested on a capital sexual warrant in another state. Cape Coral police say the man, Jeffrey Leclair, fled to Massachusetts during an investigation accusing him of sexual abuse on a 7-year-old girl. Neighbors say it all started with a note […]

A married couple from Northbridge has been convicted of sexually abusing two children. Joseph Mayotte was found guilty in Worcester Superior Court of charges including child rape aggravated by age difference and indecent assault and battery on a child. Prosecutors say the 50-year-old Mayotte sexually abused a girl over a five-year period beginning in 2004 […]

William Lora, 50, of 17 West Baltimore Street in Lynn was sentenced to 15 to 25 years in state prison by Judge Howard Whitehead in Salem Superior Court after a jury found him guilty of 3 counts of rape of a child with force and 3 counts of indecent assault and battery on a person […]

A man from Exeter, New Hampshire, is scheduled to appear in Hampton District Court facing severe charges related to child exploitation for allegedly producing and sharing a video of two minors engaged in a sexual act. This incident took place in a rental property on Hampton Beach, involving one minor from Massachusetts, reports indicate. The […]

I thought this story from Bakersfield, CA was incredible. Great police and investigative work. Kudos.

A Pawtucket man has been arrested after a Massachusetts teen told her guidance counselor that he arranged for another man to repeatedly rape her when she was 11. The Providence Journal reports that John Rainey, a relative of the alleged victim, was arrested and charged with three counts of conspiracy to commit child molestation. The […]

The Boston Globe reports that a Dorchester man kidnapped a 15-year-old girl from an area street on May 7 and held her captive while forcing her to work as a prostitute in motels in Quincy, Danvers, and Dorchester. The girl escaped last weel when the suspect left her alone at the Best Western Adams Inn […]