Alley faces sixth molestation charge
Accused serial child molester Mark (Apple Jack) Alley has been indicted on charges which started a landslide of allegations claiming he has been molesting children for two decades.
Alley, 42, was indicted Friday by the Warren County grand jury on the charge of child rape for allegedly having sexual contact with a 9-year-old boy last year. The single charge holds a sentence of 15 to 25 years. Friday’s indictment means Alley now faces indictments for allegedly molesting six male children, some as far back as 1984.
Alley was arrested for molesting the 9-year-old boy earlier this year. After publicizing the allegations in the Standard, more reported victims began to come forward to substantiate the 9-year-old’s story.
Among them were two adults who say Alley also molested them in the mid-1980s. At the time of those molestations, there was no statute of limitations on child sex crimes, meaning prosecutors were able to charge Alley with the incidents which happened almost 20 years ago.
While the incident involving the 9-year-old was the first for which Alley was charged, it was the last in which he was indicted because Alley was arrested on an arrest warrant so lawmen could take him off the street while the investigation continued. The other five cases, involving children ranging in age from 4 to 13, were taken directly before the grand jury last month.
In addition to child rape charges, Alley also faces charges of aggravated sexual battery and solicitation of a minor for the molestations. If convicted on all counts, Alley could face what would amount to a life sentence. Investigators say they believe there are more victims who are yet to come forward and are asking parents of children who may have associated with Alley to talk to their children and determine if they too were victims.