Emmanuel College staffer charged with attempting to lure teen recruit into ‘gangbang’

An assistant admissions director at Emmanuel College is charged with soliciting a teen applicant for a “gangbang” and sending her porn in a stunning abuse of his post, federal prosecutors announced.

Jacob Henriques, 29, of Boston, was arrested Friday evening and charged with one count of attempted sex trafficking of a minor. He is set to be arraigned Monday in federal court in the Seaport.

Henriques is accused of trying to lure prospective students to the Boston school into “commercial sex with him,” the feds state, and zeroing in on a 17-year-old.

The charge of attempted sex trafficking of a minor carries a sentence of up to life in prison.

U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley and Boston FBI’s acting head agent James Crowley announced the arrest.

Henriques, the feds say, used personal information about college applicants to contact young women. That’s how he allegedly attempted to traffic the teen, who was a prospective student. He offered to pay her $400 for “some fun” and told her he had pornographic videos and pictures for her, the feds state.

“He allegedly told the victim that ‘porn’ and ‘$’ was ready for her. Henriques then allegedly sent the minor victim five pornographic videos depicting men and women engaged in sex acts and asked her whether or not she wanted to participate in a ‘gangbang’ and whether or not she wanted to have sex with him,” the federal release states.

The teen blocked him on her phone, yet he switched to email keeping up the pressure, the feds said. This is all alleged to have transpired April 25 to April 28.

Emmanuel College is a Catholic school located in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood. The liberal arts and sciences college is located on a 17-acre campus and has about 2,000 undergraduates.

Boston Police and the federal Human Trafficking & Civil Rights Unit assisted in this case.

Prosecutors add Henriques used his job to gain access to personal information for “various admitted or prospective students” to Emmanuel. He met with “at least three students” and offered to “pay them for some fun,” Foley’s office adds.

He then allegedly offered to “provide them with pornography, and, in some instances, sending them pornographic videos or images,” the feds add. He did this to a student who had been admitted to the college.

He then targeted the teen using her “tour registration form,” prosecutors added, and “turned on her” just hours after she left the campus tour. She attended a “local high school.”

The teen rejected all his attempts, Foley’s office stressed.

If you have information or questions about this investigation, or someone you know may be impacted or experiencing commercial sex trafficking or child exploitation, please contact USAMA.VictimAssistance@usdoj.gov.

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