The trial for a Haitian man charged with raping a teenage girl at a Massachusetts family shelter is set to begin with opening statements on Thursday.
Cory Alvarez faces a single count of aggravated rape of a child with a ten-year age difference in connection with an incident at a Comfort Inn in Rockland on March 13, 2024. Prosecutors dropped a charge of rape of a child with force last week, court records show.
Police were called that night for a report of a girl who said she’d been raped. Authorities later said there wasn’t a pre-existing relationship between Alvarez and the girl before the incident…