A Boston college admissions worker is accused of harassing a 17-year-old prospective student and offering her $400 for sex after giving her a tour around the school, federal officials alleged.
Former Emmanuel College employee Jacob Henriques, 29, was arrested Friday after he targeted four potential students, sharing pornography with their phone numbers and soliciting commercial sex from them, the US Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts alleged.
Jacob Henriques, who worked as an assistant admissions director at the private Catholic school, used his position to access the potential students’ records,
The accused creep allegedly contacted the four high school students during their visit to the school on April 25.
Authorities said he obtained the registration paperwork of one prospective student, a 17-year-old, which contained the girl’s date of birth and other personal information, minutes before a tour.
During the tour, Henriques questioned the girl about her grade and the school she went to before using the data he collected from the paperwork and texting the girl hours after their meeting
Henriques did not reveal who he was to his alleged victim on the text thread, but offered to pay her $400 for “some fun” and claimed to have pornographic photos and videos ready to send her way.
Despite rejecting his advances multiple times, Henriques continued to message the girl and allegedly asked the minor if she wanted to participate in a “gangbang” with him and “whether or not she wanted to have sex with him.”
The perv continuously asked the minor if she had changed her mind and he would “buy her anything,” according to the US Attorney’s Office.
Henriques allegedly viewed the teen’s profile nearly 50 times over three days between April 25 and April 28.
The teen’s attempt to block Henriques’ number became futile when the relentless degenerate began emailing her.
Federal agents arrested Henriques on May 2 and charged him with attempted sex trafficking of a minor.
Henriques graduated from Emmanuel College in 2021 and is responsible for reading students’ applications from Massachusetts, New York’s Albany and Hudson Valley regions, Vermont, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, according to his now-deleted university profile.
Henriques was fired from the school after the revelation of the heinous accusations.
Emmanuel College was left “saddened, angered, and shocked by these serious federal allegations that have been brought against a former employee. They are an affront to our core values, and we stand with any victimized by this incident,” the school said in a statement obtained by CBS Boston.
Henriques is scheduled to appear in US District Court in Boston on May 5, 2025.
He faces up to life in prison if found guilty.
The FBI has opened up an investigation into Henriques’ alleged crimes, asking for suspected victims to file information against the former college worker.
“If you know of someone else who has possibly been victimized by Jacob Henriques, please encourage them to complete the form themselves,” the agency wrote.
