A 42-year-old Alabama man has been charged with two counts of sex abuse in the first degree for allegedly abusing a child.
The alleged abuse was first reported recently, but the initial allegation goes back to 1999, when the child was of preschool age.
Investigators suspect there were more alleged incidents of abuse in the following years against a single victim, but the initial two counts cover alleged incidents in 1999.
Additional charges are pending against Earl Francis Sprague, a Church Street resident in the Town of Alabama.
The alleged abuse took place at another location in Genesee County.
According to the Sheriff's Office press release the child was "in the care" of Sprague at the time of the alleged abuse.
Sprague was arraigned in Town of Alabama Court and jailed on $50,000 bail.
