A suspected baby rapist discovered dangling from a rope within the woods was minimize down and now faces jail time for a litany of costs from porn to indecent assault and battery on a bit lady.
State Police report Friday night time that Rickland Powell, 59, of Belmont, “had hung himself from a tree” in Stoneham however was nonetheless alive when a K-9 officer and her canine hunted him down.
“Troopers and Officers cut the suspect down. The suspect was still alive and was transported to an area hospital,” police report. “The Belmont Police Department, which conducted the investigation that led to the child rape warrants against Powell, assumed custody of him.”
He was captured earlier than daybreak Friday in Stoneham woodland.
Belmont detectives had already obtained a warrant for the next offenses: Rape of a Child with Force (4 counts); Aggravated Statutory Rape (4 counts); Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under 14 (two counts); Posing a Child in a Sex Act; and Distributing Obscene Material.
“The charges stem from evidence indicating that Powell raped a female child multiple times,” State Police mentioned in a press release.
A group of officers from the State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section and US Marshals Service Task Force Officers headed the search. Belmont, Stoneham, and Cambridge Police and the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department assisted within the search.
He is accused of photographing the alleged sufferer inside his Belmont residence.
He was arraigned Friday in Cambridge District Court and is being held with out bail pending a dangerousness listening to Dec. 8.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”