Lynn man charged with raping 12-year-old girl

LYNN – A Lynn man was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with repeatedly raping a 12-year-old child.Tony Belcher-White, 18, of 35 Hood St., Lynn, was ordered held without bail Friday at Lynn District Court. He was charged with two counts of rape of a child with force and one count of kidnapping.According to reports, the victim told police that Belcher-White has assaulted her approximately five times over the past two months. The first rape occurred in early September during a party. According to the victim, Belcher-White, who had been drinking heavily during the evening, locked her in a room where she had been using a computer and raped her on the floor.The victim told police that she told Belcher-White not to do it and that she was only 12. She also told police that Belcher-White said that he “didn’t care.”According to the police reports the assaults continued from the first incident up until Saturday, Nov. 20. Earlier this week, the victim told a social worker about the rapes. She said it was too difficult to talk to her family about what happened and asked the social worker if she would call her father.The social worker contacted the victim’s father and advised him to take her to a hospital to be examined. She also advised him to report the rapes to the Lynn Police.Both the victim and her father went to the police station and were interviewed Tuesday. Belcher-White was arrested the following afternoon.