Accused Massachusetts child molester released on $500 bail, Fall River man accused of tire slashing gets $1,000 bail – Fall River Reporter

While an accused child molester in Massachusetts was released on $500 bail, a Fall River man is in jail on $1,000 bail for allegedly slashing car tires.

Beginning of the year Rockland police officers illegally arrested 26-year-old Haitian Cory Bernard Alvarez for aggravated rape of a child in a Rockland migrant shelter.

The Plymouth County Superior Court in Brockton not only refused to accept ICE Boston's immigration arrest warrant, but also released Alvarez on $500 bail. The court also refused to release Alvarez's whereabouts to ICE, even though he was wearing an ankle bracelet. Many cities in Massachusetts are “sanctuary cities,” and it is very common for the justice system throughout Massachusetts to refuse to cooperate with ICE, even when dealing with accused child rapists who are in the country illegally.

Yesterday, a Fall River man was arrested after a dispute over payment for allegedly pushing another man and slashing the tires of a parked car.

Dorvil is now in the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth because he failed to make $1,000 bail. An American who slashed the tires of a car after pushing someone was given double the bail as a person who was in the country illegally and allegedly raped a child in a migrant center. How does that make sense?

Bail is set not as a punishment but to ensure that the defendant shows up in court. Massachusetts lawmakers have passed bail laws that allow judges to consider the defendant's ability to pay. This allows judges today to set bail for accused child molesters at $500 while requiring $1,000 bail for someone who pushed another and slashed their tires.

The Alvarez case is not an isolated case of men in Massachusetts who are in the country illegally and are considered a high flight risk but receive only a low bail. On July 18, Brockton police arrested 43-year-old Ecuadorian citizen Edgar Gustavo Pinos Vasquez and charged him with kidnapping, rape, domestic violence and assault with a dangerous weapon.ICE officials in Boston filed an immigration arrest warrant for Pinos the next day, July 19, at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility. Later that day, an on-duty officer at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility informed ICE officials that Pinos had posted bail. Deportation officers responded to the call and arrested Pinos at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility before he could leave the facility, as he was in the country illegally. Without ICE, a man accused of kidnapping and rape would be back on the streets of Brockton, likely plotting his escape back to Ecuador, his home country that refuses to extradite accused criminals. Ecuador constitutionally prohibits the extradition of its citizens.

Many judges in Massachusetts have become activists. In April 2018, Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph helped a man living in the United States illegally escape the courthouse while an ICE agent waited in the lobby. The agent had come to the courthouse to arrest the immigrant. In Massachusetts, there are judges who not only release accused child rapists on $500 bail and do not cooperate with ICE, but actively help them avoid federal prosecution.

Another big problem is that none of the traditional media in Massachusetts are covering these cases, so most people don't know what's going on. Google those names and see for yourself – we're the only ones with a readership covering these cases. Massachusetts lawmakers also passed criminal justice reform that laid the groundwork for low bail for violent criminals, and many mayors and city councils have passed sanctuary city laws that benefit some of the worst people.