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Teen raped in cemetery by SnapChat acquaintance, police say

Eastham man facing several charges after alleged Hyannis assault

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Teen raped in cemetery by SnapChat acquaintance, police say
Eastham man facing several charges after alleged Hyannis assault
An Eastham man was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl Wednesday in a Cape Cod cemetery after chatting with the victim on Facebook and SnapChat.Police were called to Hyannis at 8 p.m. after the victim’s mother found the girl’s bike near the side of a road and called police. Shortly after, the girl returned to the area and told officers she had been raped.She told police she had been communicating online through Facebook and SnapChat with a man for several weeks.She said Wednesday was the first time she met the man, who police identified as 24-year-old Bruce Henrique. The victim said Henrique had picked her up in his SUV and drove her to the nearby Oak Grove Cemetery in Hyannis, where she was raped. He then drove her back to the area near her bike and dropped her off, she said.Police said the victim had informed Henrique a number of times that she was 14 years old; however, Henrique sent her multiple nude photos of himself in a state of arousal.Henrique was charged with three counts of rape of a child under 16, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 years or over, enticing a child under 16 and dissemination of obscene material to a minor. 

An Eastham man was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl Wednesday in a Cape Cod cemetery after chatting with the victim on Facebook and SnapChat.

Police were called to Hyannis at 8 p.m. after the victim’s mother found the girl’s bike near the side of a road and called police. Shortly after, the girl returned to the area and told officers she had been raped.

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She told police she had been communicating online through Facebook and SnapChat with a man for several weeks.

She said Wednesday was the first time she met the man, who police identified as 24-year-old Bruce Henrique. 

The victim said Henrique had picked her up in his SUV and drove her to the nearby Oak Grove Cemetery in Hyannis, where she was raped. He then drove her back to the area near her bike and dropped her off, she said.

Police said the victim had informed Henrique a number of times that she was 14 years old; however, Henrique sent her multiple nude photos of himself in a state of arousal.

Henrique was charged with three counts of rape of a child under 16, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 years or over, enticing a child under 16 and dissemination of obscene material to a minor.