BOSTON, MA — Members of the Boston Police Human Trafficking Unit and the Crimes Against Children Unit, along with the Massachusetts State Police High-Risk Victims Squad, executed a search warrant at a Peterborough Street apartment on Friday.
The warrant was executed at approximately 45 Peterborough Street, Apartment 34.
As a result of evidence obtained during the investigation, Talik Rashaun Garcia, 36, of Boston, was placed under arrest.
Garcia was charged with rape and abuse of a child aggravated by a 10 year age difference, trafficking of persons for sexual servitude under the age of 18, posing or exhibiting a child in a state of nudity or sexual conduct, dissemination of visual material of a child in a state of nudity or sexual conduct, and knowing purchase or possession of visual material of a child depicted in sexual conduct.
Garcia is scheduled to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court-Roxbury Division on Tuesday.
Anyone with information is strongly urged to contact the Human Trafficking Unit at 617-343-6533.
Community members who wish to provide information anonymously may do so by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS, by texting “TIP” to CRIME (27463), or online at https://police.boston.gov/crimestoppers/.
Photos and videos related to the investigation can also be submitted anonymously via CrimeStoppers.
