Man facing child sex charges denied bail, deemed a danger

PLYMOUTH -- A 41-year-old Hanson man who faces a series of child sex charges in three towns, including Middleboro, has been deemed dangerous and ordered held without bail .

Richard Kielczweski would be a danger to society if he was released on any conditions, Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Schmidt argued before Judge Shelby Smith at a dangerousness hearing Thursday, April 30 in Plymouth District Court.

A criminal complaint has also been issued out of Middleboro charging Kielczweski with one count of witness intimidation and enticing a child under 16 in that town.  He was arraigned on the Middleboro charges Friday, May 1 in Wareham District Court and ordered held without bail on those charges by Judge Sabrina Coyne. 

Kielczweski allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy he met on a dating app. Over the course of several months, he had sexual encounters with the boy  at locations including a parking lot at the Halifax Wal-Mart  and at Kielczweski’s Hanson home, according to material presented at his arraignment Monday, April 27.

He also displayed a firearm in front of the youth and gave him gifts left over from Toys for Tots, a program that provides gifts to underprivileged children, Schmidt said.

Media reports have stated that Kielczweski worked as an officer for the Suffolk County Sherriff’s Office before being indefinitely suspended when the charges were revealed. While there, reports indicate, he was honored for his work with Toys for Tots.

In arguing against bail, Schmidt noted the severity of the charges, some of which could result in life in prison.

Kielczweski pleaded not guilty April 27 to five counts of pay for sexual conduct with a child under 18, four counts of rape of a child aggravated by 10 year age difference, one count each of rape of a child with force, and pose/exhibit a child in a sexual act, and two counts of trafficking persons under 18 for sexual servitude.

The charges follow an investigation by Hanson Police Department into numerous sexual assaults and the creation of child sexual abuse material of a 15-year-old male victim, which occurred in Hanson, Halifax, and Middleboro.

A criminal complaint has been issued out of Middleboro charging Kielczweski with one count of witness intimidation and enticing a child under 16 in that town.  He will be arraigned on the Middleboro charges Friday, May 1 in Wareham District Court.

In arguing for Kielczweski to remain behind bars, Schmidt said that evidence shows that he was aware his alleged victim was underage, Schmidt said.

She noted that conversations between the two, who met through a dating app, showed Kielczweski asked the youth if he would be getting his learner’s permit when he turns 16. He was also aware of the youth’s school schedule and worked around it to schedule their encounters, she said.

He would be a “heightened risk’’ to the community because the investigation is ongoing. Schmidt said that Kielczwesk was trying to determine “who could have disclosed’’ the details and that conversations from jail indicated he was “trying to figure out the identity’’ of the person who reported the situation.

She said that releasing him could lead him “to further intimidate’’ potential victims or witnesses.

His attorney Michael Carroll argued that there was “no violence here’’ and that the alleged victim “went willingly with my client.’’

Kielczweski met the youth on Grndr, he said, where clients are required to be at least 18. “He was seeking an adult relationship,’’ he said.

Carroll suggested that Kielczweski could be on constant GPS monitoring, with no use of social media and regular evaluations, if required.