Migrant child rape charges in Rockland, MA hotel – NBC Boston

A man has been charged on suspicion of raping a 15-year-old girl at a Rockland, Massachusetts, hotel that serves as an emergency shelter for migrant families, authorities said Tuesday.

Cory B. Alvarez is accused of sexually assaulting the teenager March 13 at the Comfort Inn on Hingham Street, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office said. A grand jury indicted him on charges of aggravated rape of a child with a ten-year age difference and forcible rape.

He previously pleaded not guilty to similar charges in Hingham District Court when he appeared before a judge in March. He will be arraigned in Supreme Court at a later date.

The Comfort Inn is currently part of a government program to house migrant families, prosecutors said in an earlier court appearance.

A 15-year-old girl staying at a Comfort Inn hotel in Rockland, Massachusetts, that serves as a refugee shelter reported that a man sexually assaulted her in his room, leading to his arrest, according to court documents.

Rockland police were called to the hotel about 7:06 p.m. on the evening of March 13 and officers found the alleged victim, who was taken to South Shore Hospital for treatment, prosecutors said. Alvarez was later taken into custody.

The teen told investigators that she returned to Alvarez’s room because he helped her download apps onto her tablet, court records show. She said she was attacked.

She told the man to “leave me alone, but he wouldn’t stop,” the documents said.

Resources for victims of sexual assault are available through the National Sexual Violence Resources Center and the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 800-656-4673and Massachusetts provides this statewide list and resources for survivors of sexual assault.

Alvarez was ordered to surrender his passport and not have contact with the teenager he is alleged to have attacked. After a hearing on March 22, he was ordered held without bail for 120 days.

Massachusetts lawmakers are working to find solutions to address the state’s growing refugee crisis. However, some communities are taking matters into their own hands.

Massachusetts has been working to accommodate the influx of migrants that has overwhelmed the state’s shelter system.

The system is currently at capacity with 7,500 families, which Healey implemented last year while hundreds more were on the waiting list.