Quincy Man Gets Jail Time For Creating Fake Fetish Profile of Real Woman

QUINCY, MA — A Quincy man will serve time behind bars after admitting to pretending to be a real woman on a fetish site and asking users to kidnap, rape, and torture them and their two daughters.

Thomas Sheehan, 47, pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of solicitation to commit rape, two counts of solicitation to commit rape of a child, five counts of solicitation to commit kidnapping and two counts of wanton or reckless behavior creating a risk of serious bodily injury or sexual abuse to a child, according to the Patriot Ledger. He was sentenced to 16 month of a 2-1/2-year jail sentence.

Sheehan was arrested in January 2016 after a computer at his home was connected to a profile on a fetish website claiming to be a woman from Groveland. The profiled sought a person who wanted to kidnap, rape, and torture her and her two daughters.

The woman whose name and photos were used for the profile told police she never heard of the site and was unsure how photos she posted on Facebook ended up on the fetish site. Investigators later learned that the woman and Sheehan were Facebook friends.

No users of the site ever took up the profile's offer.

Following his release, Sheehan must serve four years of probation, during which he must stay off the internet and away from the victims, parks, school, playgrounds, and all children under 16 unless supervised.

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