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Boston Man Arraigned on Child Exploitation and Trafficking Charges After Fenway Search

Police say evidence seized in a Peterborough Street apartment search led to the charges.

Overview

  • Talik Rashaun Garcia, 36, pleaded not guilty in the Roxbury division of Boston Municipal Court and was released on $5,000 cash bail with strict conditions.
  • The court ordered him to avoid contact with the alleged victim and to avoid being alone with any children except his own.
  • Garcia was arrested Friday after investigators executed a search warrant at his Fenway home at 45 Peterborough St., Apt. 34.
  • Police charged him with rape and abuse of a child aggravated by a 10-year age difference, trafficking for sexual servitude of a person under 18, and offenses involving child sexual imagery including dissemination and possession.
  • Boston Police units specializing in human trafficking and crimes against children worked with the Massachusetts State Police High-Risk Victims Squad, and investigators requested tips at 617-343-6533 or via CrimeStoppers.