Rape suspect refuses to reduce $150,000 bail, SJC says

Bail amount is one Haitian man accused of raping a young girl A Supreme Judicial Court justice has ruled that the cost of a stay at the Comfort Inn in Rockland will not be reduced.

On Friday, Associate Judge Serge Georges Jr. denied a petition by attorneys for 26-year-old Cory Alvarez to reduce his $150,000 bail to $500, according to Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz’s office. expression.

In the previous statement made by Cruz’s office, it was stated that Alvarez, who is from Haiti, was accused of aggravated rape of a child with a 10-year age difference and forcible rape of a child. alvarez Indicted on these charges in early Maytook his case to the higher court.

“After the hearing, I found that the judge did not abuse his discretion in determining that this large amount was necessary to ensure the defendant’s appearance at trial,” Georges said in a statement. “…The defendant is subject to an imminent deportation order, which he has not objected to in any way, and appears likely to be immediately deported from this country by federal authorities if granted bail. “Under the circumstances, the judge deemed it necessary to set a higher bail than was reasonable and detain him pending trial.”

Prosecutors requested that Alvarez’s initial bail be increased to $500 after learning that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials intended to deport Alvarez to Haiti before the outcome of his ongoing criminal case, Cruz’s office said.

On Aug. 13, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Boston Field Office took Alvarez into custody, and he has since been held in an ICE unit within the Plymouth County Department of Corrections.

“We will continue the prosecution of this case, most importantly to seek justice on behalf of the child victim, but also to ensure that both the victim and Alvarez have their day in court,” Cruz said in the statement.