Man convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl in a Cape Cod bathhouse
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl.
The Cape Cod Times reports that 26-year-old John Dias IV, of Barnstable, was found guilty Tuesday of multiple charges including aggravated rape of a child.
Officers responded to a reported rape at Hamblin Pond in town in July 2012. A girl told police she was leaving the bathhouse when a masked man threatened her with a knife.
He reportedly forced her back into the bathhouse and assaulted her before running away.
Dias was arrested in January 2017, a month after Massachusetts State Police matched his DNA with DNA found on the victim.
Dias has previously pleaded guilty to a 2016 sexual assault in Craigville Beach.
Dias’ sentencing has been scheduled for Nov. 22.
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