Cape Cod Man Charged After Rape In Public Restroom: Police

HYANNIS, MA — A Cape Cod man is charged with raping a local boy he met on social media and gaming apps, police said.

On Tuesday, Robert Russo (Girrard), 68, of Provincetown, was arrested for sexually assaulting a male juvenile in a public restroom in Hyannis, Barnstable police said.

Police responded to the assault at approximately 3 p.m. that day, identifying Russo as the suspect and taking him into custody at the scene.

An investigation found that Russo had become friends with the juvenile on social media and gaming apps.

"After conversing on the apps the two parties met at a public restroom in Hyannis where the assault took place," police said.

Russo was arraigned at Barnstable District Court on Wednesday and held without bail. He is charged with rape of a child, indecent assault and battery on child under 14, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a child under 14, strangulation or suffocation and assault and battery.