Former Somerville Auxiliary Police Volunteer Accused of Statutory Rape in Weymouth: Report

SOMERVILLE, MA – A former volunteer with the Somerville Auxiliary Police Department was indicted this month on five counts of statutory rape following an alleged sexual relationship with a teenage boy, according to a Patriot Ledger report.

James J. Killion, 22, is accused of entering into an 18-month relationship with the boy, who was 14 when the two met in 2014, the Patriot Ledger reported.

Killion, an aspiring police officer who applied for a job with the Hanover Police Department, was arrested by Weymouth police in June after the boy told his father he had sex with an older man who was threatening to expose him online if he ended the relationship, according to a police report cited by the Ledger.

The Ledger reported that the boy told police he met Killion on an online forum for gay and bisexual teenagers in the Boston area and also communicated on the smartphone apps Kik and Snapchat.

According to the report, Killion is free on $5,000 bail and has been ordered to wear a GPS tracking device, as well as have no unsupervised contact with individuals under 18.

>>>Read the full story from the Patriot Ledger here.

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