SAUGUS ? A Saugus man wanted in connection with a violent sexual assault has surrendered. He is being held without bail and is to be arraigned Monday in Lynn District Court.
Police Chief Domenic J. Dimella announces that Rashad Deihim, 19, of Saugus on Saturday turned himself in to police in the City of Newburyport.
Deihim was the subject of a manhunt and was wanted in connection the incident that took place in Saugus earlier this month.
He has been charged with: assault with intent to rape, kidnapping, indecent assault and battery on a person age 14 or older, and posing or exhibiting a child in a sexual act.
Dimella thanked the Newburyport Police Department for taking the suspect into custody.
Deihim was wanted in connection with a Sept. 3 incident in which he and two co-defendants allegedly recorded the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl. The video was then distributed via the mobile phone application Snapchat, police said. Police reported finding the alleged victim half-naked, under the influence and alone in the woods. She was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors confirmed a sexual assault had occurred, according to court documents.
Kailyn Bonia, 18, of 7 Woodbury Ave., Saugus, pleaded not guilty to assault to rape; indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over; posing or exhibiting a child in a sexual act; and kidnapping; at her Sept. 12 arraignment in Lynn District Court. She remains held without bail pending trial.
The third co-defendant, a 17-year-old male juvenile, was arraigned in Lynn Juvenile Court last week on charges of assault to rape, joint venture; indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, joint venture; posing a child for sexual photographs; dissemination of child pornography; and kidnapping, according to a representative from Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett’s office.
The Daily Item staff initially broke this story and will be reporting additional information as it becomes available.
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