Bail for a Haitian immigrant accused of rape in Rockland has changed significantly. Why is it important?

Criminal complaint against a Haitian immigrant Raping a 15-year-old girl at a Rockland hotel There is a new bail 300 times more than the old one.

Increase – from Bail set at $500 cash in June That money, up to $150,000 with no bail, will prevent immigration officials from deporting 26-year-old Cory Alvarez to his home country on Halloween as they had planned. This will also give prosecutors time to continue the case against him, the Plymouth District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. The state requested conditional bail of $10,000 in June.

He was found not guilty on one count each of aggravated rape of a child with a 10-year age difference and forcible rape of a child.

A bail bond is when a bail bondsman will post bail for a fee, usually 10% of the bail cost. The defendant promises the bail bondsman that he will appear in court. This 10% is non-refundable and the defendant or family members will be responsible for the full amount if the person fails to appear for required court hearings.

alvarez Indicted by Supreme Court grand jury He appeared in court on May 21 and May 31. Brockton Superior Court Judge Mary Sullivan, who set bail, said at the time that $500 was a significant amount for someone with no income.

Alvarez was free on $500 bail, and members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations team were staying at a girlfriend’s relative’s home in Brockton at the time of the incident. took it He is out of the house on August 13 after ICE ignored his detention request to be notified if he was to be released, the court heard.

He has been held in the Plymouth County Jail since then but remains in court for trial dates other than Aug. 13, the day he was first taken into custody.

The district attorney’s office said ICE notified them of its deportation plans on Oct. 4, which led to the submission of the bail increase request.

“(W)ithout an increase in bail, the defendant, an alleged Haitian national here in the United States under the U.S. Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan Immigration Parole Program, is scheduled to be removed from the United States on October 31. The application states in part that “Such a scenario would stall the case indefinitely, preventing any resolution for both the alleged victim and the defendant,” it said.

After an hour-long hearing in Brockton Superior Court on Oct. 28, Judge Elaine M. Buckley agreed with prosecutors. The $150,000 bail he set far exceeded the state’s request that Alvarez be held conditionally for $100,000.

“The Commonwealth has a strong case,” Buckley said during the hearing. “The court determined that justice requires increasing bail.”

Alvarez is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 13 for his next discovery status hearing.

This article was first published on The Patriot Ledger: Rockland motel rape case: Bail increased for Haitian immigrant