District Attorney Sam Sutter announced today that Corey Deen Saunders will be arraigned on new indictments tomorrow (March 4) in New Bedford Superior Court.

District Attorney Sam Sutter announced today that Corey Deen Saunders will be arraigned on new indictments tomorrow (March 4) in New Bedford Superior Court.

Saunders was indicted by a Bristol County Grand Jury on February 28 on felony charges of threatening bodily harm, enticing a child under 16, indecent assault and battery of a child under 14, indecent assault and battery of a child under 14-subsequent offense and rape of a child with force.

Mr. Saunders, 26, was arrested January 30 after he allegedly raped a 6-year-old boy in the second-floor reading room of the library while his mother worked nearby on a computer.

A librarian alerted the boy's mother and police after recognizing Mr. Saunders from a computer database of registered sex offenders.

Saunders was ordered held without bail after District Attorney Sutter successfully argued that the defendant is dangerous during a dangerousness hearing held February 7 in New Bedford District Court.

Aside from the arraignment, Saunders will also appear before the court tomorrow for a probation surrender hearing.

Gregg Miliote (District Attorney's Office)

Gregg Miliote
Director of Communications
Office of Bristol County District Attorney

Tel: 508-961-1835
E-Mail: Gregg.M.Miliote@state.ma.us

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