A Massachusetts police officer was arrested with her husband on Thursday for sexually abusing a boy six years earlier.
Plymouth police officer Samantha Pelrine and Daniel Forand, 31 and 37, are accused of abusing the victim, who was placed in their care when he was 12. The Boston Globe reported that the accuser, who is now an adult, sought a restraining order against Perline and Forand on March 17.
The victim reportedly lived with his grandmother and aunt from the ages of 3 to 12. When he turned 12, he started living with Perline and Forand, who were his aunt’s friends from church. They became his legal guardians a year later.
“Shortly after they became my guardians [in 2018], they both sexually assaulted me until 2025, and physically assaulted me until 2026,” the man wrote in his affidavit.
According to Boston.com, the man later clarified that only Forand physically abused him at the couple’s home in 2026.
Perline was placed on administrative leave on March 17, the same day she was accused of sexual assault in the man’s affidavit.
Pelrine was charged with aggravated rape of a child and statutory rape of a child, while Forand was charged with rape of a child, indecent assault, battery on a person 14 or over, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. WCVB reported that despite the man’s allegations, Perline and Forand have only been charged in connection with assaults that allegedly transpired between 2019 and 2020.
Perline and Forand are due in court on Friday.
This story is developing.
For the latest true crime and justice news, subscribe to the ‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’ podcast.
[Feature Photo: Plymouth police]
