Overview
- A judge ordered Alvarez to serve 10 to 12 years at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, with credit for time served.
- A Plymouth County jury convicted him in September of aggravated rape of a child with a 10-year age difference, a charge carrying a 10-year minimum.
- Prosecutors sought a 15- to 18-year term, citing the victim’s vulnerability and the presence of National Guardsmen at the hotel being used as a migrant shelter.
- Evidence at trial included Alvarez’s DNA found on the victim, and the 15-year-old identified him to police after the March 13, 2024 assault at the Comfort Inn in Rockland.
- The defense requested a stay pending appeal and argues that out-of-court statements relayed by a nurse through a translator improperly reached the jury, while prosecutors say deportation proceedings will follow his sentence.