Gloucester police arrested a 46-year-old man on Wednesday on charges related to sending minors sexually inappropriate messages.
Gloucester resident Jason Rutkauskas is facing a charge of disseminating obscene material to minors and enticement of a child under the age of 16, Gloucester police said in a press release.
In mid-March, the Rockport Police Department was notified that Rutkauskas was sending messages to minors via social media that were potentially inappropriate, police said. Their investigation into the matter uncovered that he had sent sexually inappropriate messages to multiple minors.
Rutkauskas pleaded not guilty to the charges during his arraignment in Gloucester District Court on Thursday, according to court records. He posted $5,000 bail that day and was released under certain conditions.
The judge ordered that Rutkauskas have no contact with witnesses or victims, stay away from children that aren’t his own and have no contact with minors via the internet, according to court records. He is due back in court on May 5.
