{"id":196453,"date":"2026-04-14T05:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196453\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T05:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:37:18","slug":"waltham-man-arrested-in-new-york-accused-of-attempting-to-entice-a-minor-boston-25-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196453\/","title":{"rendered":"Waltham man arrested in New York, accused of attempting to entice a minor \u2013 Boston 25 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">A Massachusetts man has been arrested and is accused of attempting to meet up with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl for a sexual encounter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">According to the North District of New York\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office, Mark Nacht, age 65, of Waltham, left the Bay State to travel to Albany after an undercover agent told him he would be able to engage in sexual contact with a 13-year-old relative. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Nacht also allegedly communicated with another undercover agent, whom he believed was the 13-year-old girl to groom her to engage in sexually explicit activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Nacht was arrested after traveling to Albany on April 10. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">\u201cAs alleged, this defendant sought to prey on an innocent young girl and inflict terrible harm on her. Thanks to this incredible sting operation and others like it, parents can sleep more soundly tonight. Every day, we are working with our law enforcement partners to lock up pedophiles who would seek to exploit children in our communities,\u201d First Assistant United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">The charge filed against Nacht carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, a mandatory minimum of ten years\u2019 imprisonment, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of between five years and life<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/local\/have-new-device-get-our-free-boston-25-news-weather-apps\/PDC6X7UKOFDBVPV5YJHG3CX36I\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE Boston 25 News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph\">Follow Boston 25 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Boston25News\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boston25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/video\/live-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch Boston 25 News NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 fcApnw body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Massachusetts man has been arrested and is accused of attempting to meet up with what he thought&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7987,27824,101,2697,41500,2698,18135,2700,8141,13100,303,7525,27826,27827,2704,3777,17989,1840,32,78312,1027,13364,745,2709,14511,2711,9085,19621,78313,259,9,11,10,25985,78314,13896,104,17992,10172,2722,27914,2023,9515,608,1371,820,954,6524],"class_list":{"0":"post-196453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-apprehended","10":"tag-arrest","11":"tag-auto","12":"tag-automobile","13":"tag-blue","14":"tag-boat","15":"tag-car","16":"tag-cars","17":"tag-classic","18":"tag-crime","19":"tag-crime-scene","20":"tag-crime-scene-background","21":"tag-crime-scene-investigation","22":"tag-criminal","23":"tag-criminal-justice","24":"tag-danger","25":"tag-death","26":"tag-emergency","27":"tag-emergency-services-vehicle","28":"tag-homicide","29":"tag-illuminated","30":"tag-investigation","31":"tag-justice","32":"tag-killing","33":"tag-light","34":"tag-lights","35":"tag-lot","36":"tag-motor","37":"tag-murder","38":"tag-new-york","39":"tag-new-york-headlines","40":"tag-new-york-news","41":"tag-old","42":"tag-parked","43":"tag-parking","44":"tag-police","45":"tag-police-car","46":"tag-red","47":"tag-siren","48":"tag-speed","49":"tag-traffic","50":"tag-transport","51":"tag-transportation","52":"tag-united-states-of-america","53":"tag-usa","54":"tag-vehicle","55":"tag-water"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}