Defendant also allegedly offered boy's mother money to deny attack.

BARNSTABLE — A New York man charged with child rape was ordered held without bail for at least 180 days Tuesday after a Barnstable Superior Court judge found he posed a danger to others.

Steven Smith, 57, of Palatine Bridge, has been indicted on charges of aggravated rape of a child with a more than 10-year age difference, indecent assault and battery on someone 14 or over and three counts of witness intimidation.

Smith preyed on a 15-year-old boy whom he brought from New York to Provincetown in July, Cape and Islands Assistant District Attorney Michael Patterson said.

"He raped this young man," he said.

On July 5, Smith allegedly tried to perform oral sex on the boy, who immediately called 911, Patterson said. Smith was arrested the same day and has been in jail since.

Smith is also wanted in New York on a detainer for a parole violation, Patterson said.

Patterson cited text messages between the two in which Smith allegedly mentioned performing oral sex on the boy, who replied that he did not want the man to go to jail and that he was not interested because of their age difference.

Smith also offered the boy's mother $2,000 to tell investigators her son was lying about the attack, Patterson said. He allegedly sent her three letters encouraging her to call his defense attorney at the time but admonishing her not to tell anyone about the possible payment.

The three counts of witness intimidation stem from those letters, Patterson said.

Smith's attorney, Sean Early, said the boy's parents allowed him to accompany Smith to Provincetown. He said Smith had no money for bail.

Judge Robert Rufo reviewed an out-of-state criminal history report on Smith that was 50 pages long.

He ordered that Smith be held for the maximum period allowed under by law, pending trial.

Patterson also asked that Rufo review a motion for a DNA test on Smith to compare with swabs of DNA taken from the boy.

Early said his client did not believe his DNA would show up and so would consent to the test.

Patterson said a sample would be taken later in the day by a detective.

A pretrial conference is scheduled for March 13.

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