Man arrested on Nantucket on child trafficking charges

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 15:38 · Archive

A 40-year-old man was arrested on Nantucket on Thursday on multiple child trafficking and rape charges.

Rigoberto Chavez-Regaldo, 40, was arrested in an early morning multi-agency operation on Nantucket, Massachusetts on 8 October. He faces multiple charges including trafficking a person for sexual servitude, aggravated rape with serious bodily injury, aggravated statutory rape of a child, rape of a child with force, sexual conduct for a fee, indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, enticing a child under 16, and delivering liquor to a person under 21.

Chavez-Regaldo was arraigned on Thursday and ordered held without bail. A dangerousness hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday to reevaluate the bail decision.

Dennis Matulewicz, head of the U.S. Marshals Service for the District of Massachusetts, said the allegations were among the most disturbing the agency encounters. 'Protecting young people from predators is our highest obligation as a society, and the USMS and our law enforcement partners will use every resource at our disposal to pursue anyone who preys on them,' Matulewicz said. The U.S. Marshals Service worked with Brockton Police, Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section, Massachusetts State Police Air Wing and Nantucket Police on the arrest. Authorities said further details would not be released to protect the identity of minor victims.

How it is being reported

• Nantucket man arrested on ‘most disturbing’ child trafficking allegations in multi-agency operation: fedsRigoberto Chavez-Regaldo, 40, was arrested in Nantucket and held without bail on child sex trafficking and rape charges, federal officials say.New York Post · 13 Oct, 15:22
• Feds arrest man on Nantucket in early morning operation involving multiple felony chargesRigoberto Chavez-Regaldo faces child trafficking and aggravated rape charges after a multi-agency arrest operation on Nantucket, Massachusetts.Fox News · 13 Oct, 11:00

In this story: Rigoberto Chavez-Regaldo · U.S. Marshals Service · Dennis Matulewicz · Nantucket · Massachusetts

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