College Assistant Admissions Director Charged With Attempted Sex Trafficking

[ad_1] A former assistant admissions director at Emmanuel School in Boston was arrested Friday and accused of soliciting an underage applicant for intercourse, the Justice Division mentioned.

Prosecutors charged the director, Jacob Henriques, 29, with one depend of tried intercourse trafficking of a minor after he used his place to achieve entry to the private data of admitted and potential college students, and tried to solicit them for intercourse, in accordance with a information launch from the U.S. lawyer’s workplace for the District of Massachusetts.

In a press release, Emmanuel School mentioned that it fired Mr. Henriques after contacting regulation enforcement and beginning an investigation. “Emmanuel School is saddened, angered and shocked by these critical federal allegations,” it mentioned.

Whether or not Mr. Henriques had authorized illustration was not instantly clear.

On April 25, Mr. Henriques discovered the private data of no less than three of the scholars after assembly with a number of, prosecutors mentioned. He then contacted and provided to “pay them for some enjoyable,” the authorities added, and despatched pornographic movies or photographs in some instances.

The identical day, he started contacting a fourth sufferer after she dedicated to attending the faculty, in accordance with prosecutors.

One of many victims, a 17-year-old, toured the faculty with Mr. Henriques on April 25, prosecutors mentioned. Mr. Henriques requested her what grade she was in, and hours after the tour, he started texting the sufferer on the telephone quantity on her admissions type, prosecutors mentioned. He provided to pay her $400 for “some enjoyable” and informed her that he had pornographic movies and footage for her, prosecutors mentioned. He continued to contact her that evening, refusing to inform her his identification or how he had her quantity, they added.

Mr. Henriques then despatched the possible scholar 5 pornographic movies and requested whether or not she needed to interact in sexual acts with him, prosecutors mentioned. After her a number of refusals, Mr. Henriques continued to textual content her, saying “he would purchase her something she needed” if she modified her thoughts, prosecutors mentioned. Over the next days, he went into her admissions profile practically 50 instances, in accordance with the Justice Division.

Mr. Henriques contacted the coed by way of e-mail after she blocked his quantity, prosecutors mentioned.

A profile of Mr. Henriques that had been on Emmanuel School’s web site mentioned that he graduated in 2021 and was an “avid Boston sports activities fan,” and that his favourite factor in regards to the faculty was its small lessons, which allowed college students “to attach with friends and school.”

If Mr. Henriques is convicted, he may obtain from 10 years to life in jail, the Justice Division mentioned. He's scheduled to seem in U.S. District Courtroom in Boston on Monday.