Former Admissions Director for Emmanuel College Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Soliciting a College Applicant to Engage in Commercial Sex and Cyberstalking

BOSTON - The former Assistant Admissions Director for Emmanuel College in Boston was sentenced for soliciting an underage college applicant to engage in commercial sex with him as well as cyberstalking an 18 year old.

Jacob Tyler Henriques, 27, of Boston, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Myong J. Joun to 12 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release. In November 2025, Henriques pleaded guilty to one count of attempted sex trafficking of a minor and one count of cyberstalking. Henriques was arrested and charged in May 2025.

"When applying to colleges, the last thing on an applicant's mind should be their safety. As the Assistant Admissions Director, Henriques's focus should have been on the well-being of the applicants, not his own sick perversions," said United States Attorney Leah B. Foley. "The United States Attorney's Office is dedicated to protecting the community from predators like Henriques, and we will continue to hold them accountable for their actions."

"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," said Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigations Boston Division. "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."

Henriques victimized a staggering number of girls and young women online between the ages of 12 and 18 years old. At the same time, Henriques used his position as an Assistant Admissions Director to gain access to the personal information of various admitted or prospective students who he later contacted to solicit to engage in commercial sex with him. Specifically, Henriques met with multiple admitted or prospective students. After meeting or speaking with at least eight such students, Henriques used his access to their personal information and began contacting them, offering to "pay them for some fun," offering to provide them with pornography, and, in some instances, sending them pornographic videos or images. Henriques began contacting one such victim after she formally committed to attend the college on April 25, 2025.

Henriques also attempted to traffic a 17-year-old prospective student after meeting her and reviewing her tour registration form which contained her date of birth. Henriques asked the victim what grade she was in and the victim told Henriques what local high school she attended. Within hours of finishing the tour, Henriques began texting the victim on her phone number provided on her admissions form. Henriques offered to pay the victim $400 for "some fun" and told her that he had pornographic videos and pictures for her. Henriques continued to contact the minor victim that night, refusing to tell her who he was or how he got her number. He told the victim that "porn" and "$" was ready for her. Henriques then sent the minor victim five pornographic videos depicting men and women engaged in sex acts and asked whether she wanted to participate in a "gangbang" and to have sex with him. Despite the victim rejecting Henriques's 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. Between April 25, 2025, and April 28, 2025, Henriques accessed the minor's profile multiple times after business hours and from his personal cell phone. After the victim blocked his phone number, Henriques began soliciting the victim via email.

U.S. Attorney Foley and FBI SAC Docks made the announcement. Valuable assistance was provided by Emmanuel College Campus Police and the Boston, Ware, Lunenburg, Agawam, Springfield, Ludlow and Easthampton Police Departments. Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig E. Estes of the Human Trafficking & Civil Rights Unit prosecuted the case.

If you have information or questions about this investigation, or someone you know may be impacted or experiencing commercial sex trafficking or child exploitation, please contact [email protected].