A 28-year-old male who worked at a Massachusetts school for disabled students surrendered to police on Friday, and was charged in connection to the alleged rape of a female student, authorities said.
Phillip Houtman turned himself in at Wareham District Court, at about 2 p.m. on Friday, Middleborough police spokesman Benjamin Paulin announced.
An arrest warrant for Houtman had been issued on Thursday afternoon. Heallegedly raped the 19-year-old cognitively disabled student in her dorm at Chamberlain International School in Middleborough, about 35 miles south of Boston, police said.
