Springfield police charge Christian Barbee with rape; indecent sexual assault of minor
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
SPRINGFIELD - Springfield police arrested a 35-year old Springfield man with a history of sexual assault charges on Tuesday afternoon, charging him with sexually assaulting two underage girls during the fall, police said.
Christian Barbee is charged with two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person age 14 or over, and single counts of rape, kidnapping, and witness intimidation.
He was arrested just before 1 p.m. at Buckingham Place and Buckingham Street in the city’s McKnight neighborhood by members of the Springfield police Warrant Apprehension Unit, and officials with the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force, Hampden County Sheriff’s Department and the state police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section.