Crime & Safety
Village Dairy Clerk Charged With Kidnapping, Rape
The incident reportedly occurred when the victim went in to the store to buy a newspaper.

When a Grafton woman went in to Village Dairy on Feb. 24 to pick up a newspaper, the clerk reportedly told her he had something to show her in the backroom.
That's when Rashid Ali, 22, of 296 Mill St. Worcester allegedly forced the woman in to his office, an area without security cameras, and raped her according to the Worcester Telegram.
Ali, who was arraigned in Westborough District Court on Thursday, told the court that he took the woman in to the office to review a transaction they disagreed about.
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According to the Telegram Ali was held on $5,000 bail and ordered to wear a GPS tracking device until the next hear on April 29.
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