Crime & Safety

Saugus Teen Pleads Guilty to Snapchatting Sexual Assault

The teen plead guilty to sharing a video he had taken of the assault.

LYNN, MA—A Saugus teen admitted to sharing a snapchat video he had taken of a 16-year-old girl being sexually assaulted in Lynn Juvenile Court Monday.

Timothy Cyckowski, 19, admitted to taking the video and pled guilty to charges of posing a child in the nude, dissemination of obscene material and kidnapping Monday. The plea is in association with the assault of an intoxicated 16-year-old girl that occurred behind Waybright Elementary School in Saugus back in 2014.

Cyckowski's father is also charged with misleading police and has a trial date for May 17. Rashad Deihim, 21, and Kailyn Bonia, 20, of Saugus have been charged with kidnapping, posing a child in the nude, two couts of assault to rape and four counts of indecent assault and battery. They are set to appear in court on May 2.

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Judge Michael Edgerton ordered Cyckowski committed to the Department of Youth Services custody until age 20 and placed him on probation for four years.

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