Attorney arrested in New Jersey for rapes committed in Boston 15 years ago

An attorney was arrested in New Jersey on Wednesday for a string of rapes he's accused of committing in Boston more than a decade ago, CBS Boston reported. 

Boston police said that Matthew Nilo, 35, was arrested in Weehawken, just outside of New York City, in connection with four sexual assaults that took place in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston over two days in 2007 and two days in 2008, CBS Boston reported. 

"This is without a doubt a major break in this investigation that has haunted the survivors of these sexual assaults, the residents of Charlestown and the Boston police department for years," Joe Bonavolonta, the FBI agent in charge of the case, said at a press conference.