A newspaper in Massachusetts reports that a thirty two year-old man from Mississippi pled guilty to sexually abusing a 15 year-old boy on the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship. The passenger, identified as Adam Christopher Boyd, now age 32, had been arrested in Bermuda for the crime one and one-half years ago. He was extradicted back to the U.S. to face criminal charges. Mr. Boyd was initially released after his arraignment in federal court in 2017, but was later arrested in Mississippi in November of 2018 and detained after he reportedly violated the conditions of his release. The crime reportedly occurred during a NCL seven day cruise on August 14, 2017 while the cruise ship was docked in Bermuda, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Boston. On August 30, 2017, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts filed criminal charges against Mr. Boyd who was reportedly from Bay Springs, Mississippi. The federal court filing in federal…
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