BOSTON — A former assistant admissions director for Emmanuel College in Boston was sentenced on Thursday, June 18, 2026, to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to sex traffic a minor and cyberstalking an 18-year-old, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
Jacob Tyler Henriques, 27, of Boston, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Myong Joun to 12 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
Henriques pleaded guilty in November 2025 to one count of attempted sex trafficking of a minor and one count of cyberstalking. He was arrested and charged in May 2025.
According to federal prosecutors, Henriques used his position as an assistant admissions director to access personal information belonging to various admitted or prospective students, whom he later contacted to solicit for commercial sex.
Prosecutors said Henriques met or spoke with at least eight admitted or prospective students before using his access to their personal information to contact them, offering to “pay them for some fun,” to provide them with pornography, and, in some instances, sending them pornographic videos or images. Henriques began contacting one victim after she formally committed to attend the college on April 25, 2025.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts reported that Henriques also attempted to traffic a 17-year-old prospective student after meeting her and reviewing a tour registration form that included her date of birth. Henriques asked the minor victim what grade she was in, and she told him which local high school she attended. Within hours of the tour ending, Henriques began texting the victim at the phone number she had provided on her admissions form.
Henriques offered the victim $400 for “some fun” and told her he had pornographic videos and pictures “for her.” Henriques continued contacting the victim that night while refusing to tell her who he was or how he got her number. He told her that “porn” and “$” were ready for her. Henriques then sent the girl five pornographic videos of men and women engaging in sex acts and asked if she wanted to participate in a “gangbang” and to have sex with him.
“Despite the victim rejecting Henriques’ offer multiple times, Henrique continued to text the victim telling her to let him know if she changed her mind and that he would buy her anything she wanted,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts reported.
Federal prosecutors said Henriques accessed the 17-year-old prospective student’s profile nearly 50 times between April 25 and April 28, including after business hours and from his personal cell phone. After the victim blocked his phone number, prosecutors said Henriques began contacting her by email.
“When applying to colleges, the last thing on an applicant’s mind should be their safety,” U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley said. “As the assistant admissions director, Henriques’ focus should have been on the well-being of the applicants, not his own sick perversions.”
Ted E. Docks, special agent in charge of the FBI Boston Division, said Henriques was “a clear danger” and called the case “the stuff of parents’ nightmares.”
“A college admissions director soliciting underage college applicants to engage in commercial sex with him is the stuff of parents’ nightmares — and an instant priority for the FBI,” Docks said. “Jacob Tyler Henriques is a clear danger and has earned every minute behind bars to which he’s been sentenced. Our Child Exploitation – Human Trafficking Task Force works around the clock to identify, investigate, and lock up predators like him— and, sadly, there are many. We’d urge adults to remind the kids in their lives that not everyone is who they say they are online.”
Prosecutors said Henriques victimized “a staggering number” of young women and girls online between the ages of 12 and 18.
Emmanuel College Campus Police assisted with the investigation as did the police departments in Boston, Ware, Lunenburg, Agawam, Springfield, Ludlow, and Easthampton.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Estes of the Human Trafficking and Civil Rights Unit prosecuted the case.
Anyone with information or questions about the investigation, or who believes they or someone they know may have been impacted by commercial sex trafficking or child exploitation, is asked to contact USAMA.VictimAssistance@usdoj.gov.
