Overview
- Richard Kielczweski, 41, was arraigned Monday in Plymouth District Court, entered a not-guilty plea, and was ordered held pending a dangerousness hearing later this week.
- Prosecutors charged him with child rape, human trafficking, paying for sex with a minor, witness intimidation, and creating child sexual abuse material, with counts filed in Hanson, Halifax, and Middleborough.
- Prosecutors say he met the 15-year-old on the Grindr app, arranged meetups starting last fall at a Halifax Walmart, paid $200 for a sex act, and recorded one encounter.
- Court filings describe the teen identifying the defendant’s home and disclosing the abuse after his parents found a new iPhone they did not recognize.
- The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department suspended him indefinitely and called the charges extremely serious, while prosecutors say the investigation continues.