The Boston Police sergeant accused of raping a teen boy twice has been ordered held on $250,000 bail.

Paul Downey, 58, of West Roxbury, was brought up on four counts of rape of a child aggravated by age difference, two counts of engaging in sexual conduct with a child for a fee, and two counts of enticement of a child to engage in commercial sexual activity.

He was arraigned Monday but an attorney shortage left him with no representation and so Dorchester municipal court Judge Jonathan Tynes ordered him held until Tuesday morning for a proper bail hearing with an attorney.

On Monday, Downey had hidden his face as best he could, looking down or into the far corner of the dock. On Tuesday, he did the same thing but also had a COVID-era-style facemask to further block his identity from spectators and media cameras.

Prosecutor Brandon DeAvilla said Downey had significant resources — he earned a base pay of more than $150,000 with some $112,000 in overtime on top last year, according to city payroll records, and so that factored into his request for $250,000 cash bail.

Defense attorney Victoria Campbell countered that $40,000 cash bail was all the Downey family could afford. She said Downey is a high school graduate and a Marine Corps veteran whose 25-year-old child lives with him. She said that she had no objection to nine conditions of release that DeAvilla said were needed to keep the alleged victim safe.

Judge Tynes sided with the prosecution’s request.

Downey, who has been with BPD since 1991 according to the department, is charged with meeting a 14-year-old boy online and then paying him for sex on two occasions. The age of consent in Massachusetts is 18, making that rape.

Downey allegedly connected with the child first on Grindr — an app like Tinder but exclusively for gay connections — and continued communications on Snapchat, where he proposed they meet up for oral sex for $50.

“That’s too low,” the child allegedly responded, according to DeAvilla, especially because he was a child and it would be a crime.

“How about $80?” Downey allegedly responded, again according to DeAvilla.

Downey then met the child twice for sex in Downey’s Chrysler 300 with tinted windows. The sex went beyond oral, according to the prosecutor, and included anal penetration.

Prosecutor DeAvilla said the investigation began with a forensic examination of the child in which police saw screenshots of the alleged Snapchat communications. The child then described the vehicle and gave a license plate number as he remembered it.

The police subpoenaed Snapchat for records regarding the user account that interacted with the child. DeAvilla said the company provided IP address records that pointed to Downey’s address. At that address, police saw a vehicle matching the child’s description — with the license plate only one digit off from the child’s memory.

Then, DeAvilla said, the child was able to identify Downey in a photo lineup with “90% accuracy.”

This is a developing story.