Webster Cashier Charged With Indecent Assault & Battery On Customer
Webster Police
Webster Police have made an arrest at Gilbert’s Market, located at 95 North Main Street, charging one person with indecent assault and battery.
Deputy Chief Mike Shaw tells THE LAKE 940 that around 2:30 PM on Sunday April 15th, Webster Police responded to report of a sexual assault involving the clerk from Gilbert’s Market.
Police investigated and found that the customer, an adult female, had gone into the store and purchased scratch off lottery tickets. She went to her car and scratched them, revealing a cash prize. She returned to the store to purchase more tickets with the winnings, and at that point told the clerk that it was her birthday. She left the store to scratch off the tickets again when the clerk motioned for her to come back into the store.
She did and at that time he gave her more tickets and wished her a happy birthday. At that point he gave her a hug and the victim thought it was innocent enough and returned the hug. When she tried to leave, 20 year old Ahmad Ali of 70 Houghton Street in Worcester, pulled her back and rubbed up against her. The victim was then able to pull away and left the store calling the police.
The surveillance video in the store corroborated the victim’s story, and Ali was arrested for Indecent Assault and Battery, Lewd and Lascivious Conduct, and Assault and Battery.
Ali was also previously charged with Indecent Assault and Battery in November of 2016 for which he was found not guilty, and Assault and Battery for which he was currently on Probation.
He was arraigned on April 17th in Dudley District Court.
The victim of the assault has contacted THE LAKE 940, and told us that she is planning to sue the owner of the store and the clerk. “I am curious why he wasn’t in jail to begin with after the first time this happened. Why was he allowed to go back and work near a housing community and children, the Judge did not do his job.”
This is at least the second time police have been called to that area for nefarious reasons in the last few months. The store was robbed at knifepoint in February.