Crime
27-year-old accused of propositioning two juveniles at Plymouth County beach, released on personal recognizance
A man has been released after being accused of a disturbing crime.
According to Sgt. Nicholas Smith on Thursday June 13, Hingham Police were made aware of an incident that occurred at the Bathing Beach.
Two juveniles reported that a man had approached them and asked that they perform a sexual act. Through the course of an investigation, officers were able to identify the suspect.
An arrest warrant was obtained and on Tuesday 27-year-old Benjamin Hirtle, with no current home address, was placed under arrest.
Hirtle was charged with two counts of Entice child under 16. and was booked at the Hingham Police station and arraigned at Hingham District Court on Tuesday.
Hirtle was released on personal recognizance with pre-trial conditions of no contact with victim/witness, stay away from court ordered location.
Paula Kritzmacher
June 21, 2024 at 1:10 pm
Omfg!!!!! He should be behind bars for a long time!!!! What are the Police thinking?????????
Ken Paiva
June 21, 2024 at 1:42 pm
The court released him, not the police.
Richard A Burns
June 21, 2024 at 3:16 pm
Second arrest this week Scituate man arrested in Wompatuck state park For lewd activities in child play ground
These men should have to register as sex Ofender’s
Pete Ferrari
June 21, 2024 at 9:46 pm
Yeah, and go to jail for a very long time. These people are sick in the head. Chemical imbalance, sick…..
Bib
June 22, 2024 at 11:26 am
Says the guy with the dick burns name.
Dusty
June 22, 2024 at 11:59 pm
Priceless.
Paul Gato
June 21, 2024 at 3:57 pm
You gotta love our court system here in this country, allow a sexual predator to roam free and possibly commit another disturbing crime. Don’t worry though the guy who just got busted selling drugs gets sent to jail until his next court date. Judicial system in this country is a joke!
Fed Up
June 21, 2024 at 1:36 pm
Never should’ve been released. He’s homeless? Give him a home in prison.
Jerry
June 21, 2024 at 5:48 pm
That’s what happens when your not touch on crime. Keep closing the prisons down and let them out. Thanks to are govenor and now we will house migrants at a closed prison. Keep up the good work. Ma
Richard Glavin
June 21, 2024 at 7:33 pm
Richard Glavin
And yet a corrections officer gets caught bringing in drugs and phone to a jail and his punishment is probation and house arrest.
Daven
June 21, 2024 at 10:06 pm
Look, I don’t want to make this political, but there’s a clear tendency in more liberal areas to be softer on p*doph*les and to even justify the behavior. California has even made some changes to laws that soften punishments for these crimes. Liberal professors and activists have suggested that society is “too rough” on these people and that we need to stop using current terms for them and instead use terms like “minor-attracted persons” to “reduce stigma” for these activities. Liberals have generally been more okay with this activity and behavior. And we’re seeing that here in Massachusetts. Over and over again. And I can’t help but think there’s a broader agenda here. It sure seems like they are indeed coming after our kids.
Bob
June 22, 2024 at 9:12 am
Great, now they will need to find him when he doesn’t show up for court. No mailing address or phone. Nice system. Leave him on the streets to abuse more kids.
Richard
June 24, 2024 at 7:48 am
Has anyone on here considered that he may be innocent. I mean people have been known to lie and the ” juveniles” may not like something about this guy and made up a story. When I grew up there were stories about different individuals in town( usually outcast type societal misfits if you will) about them doing atrocious acts that looking back were either probably not true or maybe half truths. You all are calling to hang this man before he has had a trial to determine the actual truth