A Boys & Girls Club of Plymouth summer camp worker is facing charges in connection with taking inappropriate photos of a young child at the camp last month, according to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.
East Bridgewater resident Bradley Collins, 20, pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, photographing intimate parts of a child and photographing a child in the nude during his arraignment in Plymouth District Court on Tuesday, according to court records. Collins’ lawyer did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday afternoon.
Collins was immediately fired from his part-time position at the Boys & Girls Club of Plymouth upon the club being notified of the incident, the club said in a statement Tuesday.
On Aug. 12, Plymouth police were notified of an incident that had happened at the club’s summer camp the day prior, the district attorney’s office said in a press release. Investigators uncovered credible reports that Collins had taken inappropriate pictures of a young child at the camp, then told the child not to tell anyone what had happened.
During an interview with investigators, Collins changed his account of what happened several times, the district attorney’s office said. He initially denied having taken photos of the child, then later admitted to doing so.
Collins began working at the Boys & Girls Club of Plymouth in 2023 before being promoted to a junior staff position the following year, and finally a regular staff position in October 2024, the club said in a statement. To be hired to work at the club, an applicant must pass four different background checks, the club’s executive director, Garreth Lynch, wrote in a letter to families on Tuesday.
“This is the first such incident in my 20 years here at the Plymouth Boys & Girls Club,” Lynch wrote.
The incident with Collins was a violation of the club’s “rule of three” — that any one child be accompanied by two staff members or a staff member and another child, the executive director wrote.
“One-on-one behavior is not tolerated and is grounds for immediate dismissal from employment here,” he wrote.
Collins was released following his arraignment after posting $15,000 cash bail, the district attorney’s office said. Conditions of his release include that he stay away from the victim in the case, all minors and the Boys & Girls Club. He was also ordered to wear a GPS location monitoring bracelet and abide by a curfew lasting from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m.
Collins is due back in court for a probable cause hearing on Oct. 2.
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