Ramon Torres was arrested shortly after being placed on the Massachusetts State Police list of most wanted fugitives.
SPRINGFIELD - A Springfield man on the state's most wanted fugitive list is being held on $250,000 bail following his arrest on a child sex charge.
Ramon Torres, 60, pleaded not guilty May 10 in Springfield District Court to two sexual assault charges, including rape of a child.
Torres allegedly sexually assaulted a boy between the ages of 6 and 7, according to a summary of the investigation filed in court. In January the child told his mother, who reported the alleged assaults to Springfield police.
The defendant often gave the boy money and gifts, and spent time alone with him while doing repair projects in his garage, the report said.
Torres, listed as single and unemployed in court records, was believed to have fled to Puerto Rico as police investigated the boy's allegations.
He was placed on the Massachusetts State Police's list of most wanted fugitives on March 28. A state police flier indicates he was captured April 2.
Torres was extradited from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, on May 9 and transported to Springfield police headquarters, where he was arrested by city and state police officers, Springfield police spokesman Ryan Walsh said.
At his arraignment, Assistant District Attorney Colleen Monroe requested $250,000 bail.
Judge Robert Santaniello granted the bail request and continued the case for a pretrial hearing on June 11.
If Torres posts bail, he must submit to GPS monitoring and home confinement and have no contact with the victim or witnesses in the case. He must also have no contact with children under the age of 6, Santaniello said.
