Lowell Sun Online
BILLERICA, Massachusetts -- A 24-year-old Brazilian man is being held at the Middlesex County jail in Cambridge, accused of raping a local 12-year-old girl, police said.
Paulo Jose Dos Santos was arrested last week by Billerica police, charged with two counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
Detective Sgt. Roy Frost said police acted quickly to arrest Dos Santos after a short investigation, fearing he might flee the country.
Police believe Dos Santos is in the United States illegally.
Frost said the man has been deported by Immigration and Naturalization Services before, and investigators think he may have sneaked back into the country through Mexico.
Posted by Tyne at July 22, 2006