ERO Boston arrests Haitian national released on $500 bail accused of raping child in Massachusetts migrant shelter

BOSTON — Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present 26-year-old Haitian national accused of aggravated rape of a child in a Rockland migrant shelter. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested Cory Bernard Alvarez Aug. 13 near his residence in Brockton.

“Cory Bernard Alvarez has been charged with victimizing a minor in a Massachusetts migrant shelter,” said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons. “He will have his day in court and ERO Boston will continue to cooperate with the criminal court system in Massachusetts, but we cannot allow any significant noncitizen threat to the children of our communities to potentially reoffend. ERO Boston will continue to prioritize public safety by arresting and removing egregious noncitizen offenders from New England.”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection admitted Alvarez into the United States lawfully June 26, 2023, in New York, New York. However, Alvarez violated the terms of his lawful admittance.

The Rockland Police Department arrested Alvarez on March 14. Later that day, the Hingham District Court in Hingham arraigned Alvarez for aggravated rape of a child, 10 years age difference. Later that day, ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer against Alvarez with the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office.

ERO Boston states that on June 27, however, Plymouth County Superior Court of Brockton refused to honor ERO Boston’s immigration detainer and released Alvarez from custody on a $500 bond.

Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested Alvarez Aug. 13 near his residence in Brockton. Alvarez remains in ERO custody.

ERO Boston told the New York Post that Alvarez was wearing an ankle monitor, but his location was not being shared.

According to the Globe through his lawyer, Alvarez was granted bail “due to the inconsistencies in the evidence and the alleged victim’s version of events, lack of physical evidence, and [because] the surveillance did not support the claim.”