UPDATE: Rochester man sentenced to 176 days with work release option after allegedly sexually abusing children
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(ABC 6 News) – A Rochester man who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing children received a sentence of 180 days in jail with credit for four days served, as well as 30 years’ probation Monday.
Mohamed Bakari Shei entered an Alford Plea, meaning he pleaded guilty by acknowledging that the state had sufficient evidence to convict him of sexually abusing children in 2017-2019, but maintained his own innocence.
According to court documents, Shei may serve his 176 days via work release or Sentence to Serve, a community project option for offenders who are considered non-violent.
Shei was first accused in 2021 of repeatedly raping a 9-year-old child over the course of a year, between 2018 and 2019. Shei would have been a minor at the time of the assaults, but was prosecuted as an adult.
Shei was later accused of two more counts of 1st-degree criminal sexual conduct when a second child, who was 4-5 years old when the assaults allegedly occurred in 2017 and 2018, told law enforcement that they had also been raped repeatedly.
(ABC 6 News) – A Rochester man pleaded guilty to two counts of 1st-degree criminal sexual conduct in Olmsted County Court Tuesday.
Mohamed Bakari Shei entered an Alford Plea, meaning he pleaded guilty by acknowledging that the state had sufficient evidence to convict him of sexually abusing children in 2017-2019, but maintained his own innocence.
In exchange for his guilty plea, Shei requested that the state place him on probation when sentenced, instead of incarceration.
Shei’s sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 30, 2023.
Shei was first accused in 2021 of repeatedly raping a 9-year-old child over the course of a year, between 2018 and 2019. Shei would have been a minor at the time of the assaults, but was prosecuted as an adult.
Shei was later accused of two more counts of 1st-degree criminal sexual conduct when a second child, who was 4-5 years old when the assaults allegedly occurred in 2017 and 2018, told law enforcement that they had also been raped repeatedly.