A migrant convicted last month of raping a teenage girl at a Massachusetts hotel while it was being used as a migrant shelter last year will spend at least the next decade in prison, a judge said Friday. Cory Alvarez, 27, was convicted of aggravated rape of a child with a 10-year age difference by a Plymouth County jury in September.The state’s minimum sentence on the charge is 10 years, but the prosecutor asked for 15 to 18 years, citing brazen circumstances, including that National Guardsmen were present at the property as the rape occurred. The defense attorney, however, asked for a stay while his client’s appeals are pending arguing he did not get a fair trial.The judge sentenced Alvarez to 10 to 12 years at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, with credit for time served.”He came here, he was put up in this hotel and he preyed on a little girl. That’s what he did. Make no mistake about it. Now, he’s going to do his time,” District Attorney Tim Cruz said. “I know it wasn’t a fair trial, but I also wonder if his immigration status and the fact that he’s from another country played a role,” defense attorney Brian Kelley said.On March 13, 2024, Rockland police responded to the Comfort Inn at 850 Hingham St. and met the 15-year-old victim. She was later taken to South Shore Hospital.The girl told investigators through translators that Alvarez raped her in a room while she was getting help with apps on a tablet. She said Alvarez pushed her onto the bed and raped her, investigators said.According to the police report, the girl told investigators, “I told him to leave me alone, but he didn’t stop.”Video below: Previous coverageThe girl directed police to the room and pointed him out as her assailant, according to a police report.Alvarez came to the United States from Haiti in June 2023 and has been living at the hotel while seeking immigration status, according to his attorney.According to the DA’s office, evidence presented during the 4-day trial included samples of Alvarez’s DNA found on the victim. Jurors convicted Alvarez after less than six hours of deliberations. There is an ICE detainer against Alvarez, which means he could be handed over to ICE upon completion of his sentence. “His detainer remains active, and we hope it will be honored upon completion of Mr. Alvarez’ sentence,” ICE said in a statement to WCVB.

PLYMOUTH, Mass. —

A migrant convicted last month of raping a teenage girl at a Massachusetts hotel while it was being used as a migrant shelter last year will spend at least the next decade in prison, a judge said Friday.

Cory Alvarez, 27, was convicted of aggravated rape of a child with a 10-year age difference by a Plymouth County jury in September.

The state’s minimum sentence on the charge is 10 years, but the prosecutor asked for 15 to 18 years, citing brazen circumstances, including that National Guardsmen were present at the property as the rape occurred. The defense attorney, however, asked for a stay while his client’s appeals are pending arguing he did not get a fair trial.

The judge sentenced Alvarez to 10 to 12 years at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, with credit for time served.

“He came here, he was put up in this hotel and he preyed on a little girl. That’s what he did. Make no mistake about it. Now, he’s going to do his time,” District Attorney Tim Cruz said.

“I know it wasn’t a fair trial, but I also wonder if his immigration status and the fact that he’s from another country played a role,” defense attorney Brian Kelley said.

On March 13, 2024, Rockland police responded to the Comfort Inn at 850 Hingham St. and met the 15-year-old victim. She was later taken to South Shore Hospital.

The girl told investigators through translators that Alvarez raped her in a room while she was getting help with apps on a tablet. She said Alvarez pushed her onto the bed and raped her, investigators said.

According to the police report, the girl told investigators, “I told him to leave me alone, but he didn’t stop.”

Video below: Previous coverage

The girl directed police to the room and pointed him out as her assailant, according to a police report.

Alvarez came to the United States from Haiti in June 2023 and has been living at the hotel while seeking immigration status, according to his attorney.

According to the DA’s office, evidence presented during the 4-day trial included samples of Alvarez’s DNA found on the victim. Jurors convicted Alvarez after less than six hours of deliberations.

There is an ICE detainer against Alvarez, which means he could be handed over to ICE upon completion of his sentence.

“His detainer remains active, and we hope it will be honored upon completion of Mr. Alvarez’ sentence,” ICE said in a statement to WCVB.