A Bristol County man has been denied parole after being convicted of a violent crime decades ago.
According to the Parole Board, on February 12, 1986, in New Bedford, 30-year-old Steven Correia raped a woman at knifepoint.
Around midnight, on February 12, 1986, a woman pulled into a parking space near her grandmother’s apartment in New Bedford. As she opened her car door, a man with a knife approached her. He forced his way into the car, grabbed her hair, and put a knife to her throat. He then ordered her to start the car and drive down Highland Street and park near the overpass. He made her shut the car off and get in the passenger seat. Correia then pushed up the driver’s seat and ordered her into the back. The victim pleaded with him. He told her to shut up and take off her clothes. He then vaginally and orally raped her…