Providence man caught on Snapchat video, arrested for alleged child rape – The Boston Globe

A Providence man was arrested Saturday on aggravated child rape charges after he was allegedly captured on Snapchat video with a minor under the age of 14, Hanson police said.Jared Soltys, 23, was arrested in the area of Pleasant Street around 1:30 a.m. after a witness sent the Snapchat video depicting Soltys and his victim to Hanson police, chief of police Michael Miksch wrote in an e-mail.Officers recognized the location in the video, Miksch wrote, which allowed them to locate the child and place Soltys in police custody.Soltys was charged with aggravated statutory rape of a child and providing alcohol to person under the age of 21, officials said in a statement.He is held on $20,000 bail and is set to be arraigned Monday in district court, according to the statement. The incident remains under investigation by Hanson police.Katie Redefer can be reached at katie.redefer@globe.com.
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