BOSTON, Aug. 17, 2012—A South Boston man already on bail for allegedly seeking sex with a 15-year-old girl was one of five men arraigned today on charges that they solicited sex from Boston Police officers, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Arrested yesterday by the Human Trafficking Division of the Boston Police Department’s Family Justice Unit and arraigned today in the Boston Municipal Court were:

1. JOHN CAPUTO (D.O.B. 2/10/48) of South Boston, charged with seeking sex for a fee and currently on bail for an incident in which he allegedly sought sex with a Boston Police officer posing as a 15-year-old girl;
2. REYNOLD LEVAU (D.O.B. 11/7/67) of Foxborough, charged with enticement of a child for the purposes of sex for a fee;
3. DANIEL MALIK (D.O.B. 8/13/89) of Needham, charged with enticement of a child for the purposes of sex for a fee;
4. POOJAN MEHTA (D.O.B 12/13/83) of Roxbury, charged with enticement of a child for the purposes of sex for a fee; and
5. PETER SALVUCCI (D.O.B. 12/14/56) of Waltham, charged with seeking sex for a fee.

Assistant District Attorney Katherine Powell recommended $500 for each defendant, plus revocation of Caputo’s bail on the earlier case. Judge Thomas Horgan did not impose bail and declined to revoke Caputo’s bail on his open 2011 case in Dorchester District Court.

Boston Police detectives investigating online enticement posed as females of various ages online and were contacted by each of the defendants. Levau, Malik, and Mehta allegedly believed the females they were contacting were 15 years old. Officers approached the suspects at the prearranged meeting locations and confirmed that they were targets by calling the phone numbers the suspects had used to set up the meetings. All five defendants’ phones rang.

The defendants will return to court on various dates between September and October.

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All defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.