HUDSON—Mohammed Ali, 68, of Hudson has been indicted for a second time in as many months on sex abuse charges.
In Columbia County Court September 25, Judge Richard Koweek opened a sealed grand jury indictment charging Mr. Ali with first degree sex abuse, a class D felony. The indictment alleges that Mr. Ali subjected a child, less than 11 years old, to sexual contact on or about the summer of 2014.
Mr. Ali was previously charged on nine counts in an August 12 indictment in connection with alleged sexual contact with three children.
Back then he was charged with four counts of predatory sexual assault against a child, a class A-II felony, because he allegedly committed the first degree rape, a class B felony, of a child less than 13-years-old by engaging in sexual intercourse with that person between October and December 2008.
He was also charged with two counts of first degree course of sexual conduct against a child, a class B felony, for allegedly engaging in two or more acts of sexual conduct (sexual intercourse, oral sex, anal sex or aggravated sexual contact) between October 2008 and May 2010 with a child less than 13-years-old and with another child between July 2008 and August 2009.
He was also charged with three counts of first degree sexual abuse, a class D felony, for allegedly subjecting a child under 11-years-old to sexual contact on or about the summer of 2019.
Mr. Ali was represented by Attorney Michael Howard. He was initially sent to the Columbia County Jail in lieu of $40,000 cash bail or $80,000 bond. He posted bail and was later released.