Judge sets higher bail for man accused of rape at Rockland shelter

A superior court judge on Monday increased the bail of a man accused of raping a 15-year-old boy at a shelter for immigrant families in Rockland and paused his extradition to Haiti to allow the criminal case against him to continue, authorities announced.

Cory Alvarez, 26, is charged with aggravated rape of a child and forcible rape of a child with a 10-year age difference, according to the Plymouth District Attorney’s Office.

Prosecutors requested that Alvarez’s bail be increased to $1 million. At Monday’s hearing, the judge allowed cash bail to be set at $150,000. Immigration officials had planned to deport the 26-year-old back to Haiti on Thursday, but prosecutors argued that if Alvarez left the country, it would “put the case on hold indefinitely” and hinder resolution for both the victim and Alvarez himself. District Attorney’s office.

Prosecutors say Alvarez was arrested on March 13. He raped a 15-year-old girl 850 Hingham St. in Rockham. at the Comfort Inn at. alvarez living in hotelIt’s part of a government program to house immigrant families.

When Rockland police responded to a report of sexual assault at the hotel, they encountered the teenage girl, who was taken to South Shore Hospital for treatment.

“As a result of their investigation, Rockland police found probable cause to arrest Alvarez and he was taken into custody,” the DA’s office said.

At a dangerousness hearing earlier this year, Alvarez was determined not to be a danger and bail was set at $500, which he posted the same day. he was He was detained months later It was filed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a pretrial conference in August and has since been held at the ICE unit within the Plymouth County Department of Corrections, according to the District Attorney’s office.

While deportation proceedings against Alvarez were paused upon the judge’s order on Monday, Alvarez will appear in court on the charges against him on November 13.