Brandon Cora, a 27-year-old from Middleborough, was arrested Friday after police say he used a cellphone to secretly record beneath a 13-year-old girl's skirt during a concert at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield. The case moved quickly from a live-show security alert to an arrest, a sequence that left the venue’s staff and Mansfield police handling the same incident in real time.
Friday at Xfinity Center
A witness alerted security personnel shortly after 6 p.m., and security notified officers working the show. The concert was part of The Southern Hospitality Tour featuring The Black Crowes and Whiskey Myers, which put the allegation in the middle of a large public crowd rather than a private setting.
The victim and her family met with Mansfield Police on the scene, and investigators identified Brandon Cora as the suspect. Officers then took him into custody. He was facing a charge of photographing sexual or intimate parts of a child, a serious allegation that turns this from a venue disturbance into a criminal case.
Sellon’s statement
Mansfield Police Chief Ronald Sellon thanked the witness, the victim’s family, and venue security. He said, “This kind of invasive and disturbing behavior has no place in our society.”
That statement matches the way the case developed: one report, one response, and then an arrest before the night was over. For concertgoers, the practical takeaway is simple — venue security and police were able to act on a fast-moving complaint before it disappeared into the noise of the show.
Monday in Attleboro
Brandon Cora was expected to be arraigned Monday in Attleboro District Court. The arrest is the immediate shift; the court appearance is where the allegation enters the next legal phase. What happens in that hearing will determine the next public step in a case that began with a witness spotting conduct police described as covert and invasive.
