Youth arrested in connection with Beacon Hill rape case
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by Boston police in connection with Sunday night's assault and rape involving two women in an apartment on Joy Street in Boston's Beacon Hill, police announced this afternoon.
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Detectives in the sexual crime unit, working in conjunction with the drug unit, arrested the youth today, it was announced at a press conference. He is being held without bail and will face charges on several counts, including one count of aggravated rape, home invasion, armed assault, armed robbery, unlawful possession of a firearm, and two counts of kidnapping.
Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley said at the press conference that his office will seek to have the defendant indicted as a youthful offender. The youth's name will be disclosed at that time. Conley added that he can be prosecuted in juvenile court and face adult penalties due to the nature of the crime.
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On Sunday night, a man forced his way into a Joy Street apartment building, where he tied up and robbed two women, both in their mid-20s, and raped one of them at gunpoint, police said.
Last night about 120 Beacon Hill residents met with police to address concerns about the crime. At that meeting, which lasted about two hours, police handed out plastic whistles and offered to help residents organize a crime watch group. 
