A suspected child rapist was arrested in Eastern Massachusetts early Friday after his alleged attempt to hang himself failed, authorities said.
Rickland Powell, 59, was hanging from a tree in a wooded area in Stoneham, about nine miles north of Boston, when the police and their K-9 team found him at about 3 a.m. after a nightlong search, the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) said.
The officers cut the suspect down and transported him to a hospital, the MSP said. Powell is accused of raping a child multiple times and faces a four-count charge of child rape, a four-count charge of aggravated statutory rape, a two-count charge of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, as well as charges of posing the child in a sex act and distributing obscene material, per the MSP. (RELATED: ‘Sheer Power And Authority’: Former Cop Convicted Of Raping Teen While On The Job)
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