A Boston police sergeant has been charged with the aggravated rape of a 14-year-old he found on the app Grindr and paying the child for sex, according to court documents released Monday.

A veteran Boston police sergeant was deemed a flight risk in court on Tuesday and ordered held on $250,000 bail after a prosecutor detailed the child rape charges he faces.

A Boston Police Department sergeant has been arrested and charged with raping a 14-year-old boy he allegedly met on a dating app and paid for sex. Paul Downey, a 58-year-old West Roxbury resident ...