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Illegal Alien Charged with Sexually Abusing Minors in CT Being Held at Maine Jail

It is unclear why Uddin is being held in custody at the Maine jail, and not at the New Haven Correction Center in New Haven, Conn., where ICE stated in their May press release Uddin was being held.
Edward TomicBy Edward TomicSeptember 6, 2024Updated:September 6, 202413 Comments4 Mins Read1K Views
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A Bangladeshi illegal alien who earlier this year was arrested by Connecticut State Police on multiple charges of sexual abuse of a minor is in custody on a federal immigration hold at the Cumberland County Jail in Maine.

Monir Uddin, 47, was arrested in late April by deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Litchfield, Conn., after he was charged locally with multiple counts of commercial sex abuse, illegal sexual contact with a minor, fourth degree sexual assault, risk of injury to child and the illegal sale of tobacco to a person under 21 years of age.

[RELATED: ā€˜We work very well with ICE’: Cumberland County Sheriff Defends Decision Not to Honor Immigration Detainers…]

The litany of charges stem from a January incident in which Uddin, while working as a clerk a Litchfield convenience store, allegedly sexually assaulted a group of three 14-year-old girls and gave them nicotine vapes, according to an arrest warrant.

Connecticut State Police indicated in the warrant that troopers responded to the convenience store after midnight on Jan. 14 for a report that a store clerk nicknamed “Moon,” who was later identified by police as Uddin, allegedly “made suggestive comments” to a group of juvenile females and “made them feel uncomfortable.”

A trooper who responded to the convenience store reported that upon arrival, one of the juvenile victims “looked physically distraught and was visibly shaking.”

One of the girls told state police that they had come to the store because they heard a rumor that “if ‘Moon’ was shown [redacted] he would provided them with free nicotine products.”

The juvenile told police that “Moon” had brought the three 14-year-old girls outside to the back of the store.

According to the heavily redacted warrant, “Moon” allegedly instructed the girls “to show him [redacted],” and when the girls attempted to return inside the store, “Moon” reportedly stood in front of the door and prevented them from going inside.

ā€œWe were terrified because we tried going inside,ā€ one of the juveniles told state police, ā€œand he wouldn’t let us leave, so we did as instructed.”

Uddin allegedly then touched, hugged and kissed the minor females, gave them nicotine vapes and made them promise not to tell anyone about what happened before they left, police said.

In a February interview with Connecticut State Police detectives, Uddin admitted to giving the minors vapes and to hugging them, but denied any further wrongdoing, claiming that the juveniles “fabricated the story because they were upset that he wouldn’t sell them what they wanted.”

According to ICE, Uddin is a Bangladeshi national who first entered the U.S. in October 2017 for the purpose of transiting through the country. However, he violated the terms of his admittance after he remained in the U.S. beyond Nov. 7, 2017, the agency said.

ICE said in a May press release that Uddin will remain in federal custody pending a future hearing before a Department of Justice immigration judge.

Records from Cumberland County Jail indicate Uddin was booked on Thursday, Sept. 5, on a federal hold. He is being held without bail.

Monir Uddin, 47 | Source: Cumberland County Jail

Major Tim Kortes, jail administrator for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, confirmed to the Maine Wire on Friday that Uddin is being held at the jail on federal charges, not on charges local to Maine.

An ICE official informed the Maine Wire that Uddin has been in federal custody since his April arrest, and was ordered removed from the U.S. back to Bangladesh by a Department of Justice immigration court on July 23.

The official said that Uddin is being held at Cumberland County Jail for bed space management reasons as he awaits deportation.

Note: This story was updated to include additional information from an ICE official.

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Edward Tomic

Edward Tomic is a reporter for The Maine Wire based in Southern Maine. He grew up near Boston, Massachusetts and is a graduate of Boston University. He can be reached at [email protected]

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sandy
sandy
1 year ago

Governor stand up at least for the Kids!

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ME Infidel
ME Infidel
1 year ago

ā€œThe seizure of Infidel girls and their use as sex slaves is sanctioned in the Qur’an. According to Islamic law, Muslim men can take ā€œcaptives of the right handā€ (Qur’an 4:3, 4:24, 33:50)ā€

Pedophilia is permitted under Sharia law as are child marriages. Muhammad had a dozen or so wives and numerous sex slaves. He married Aisha who became his favorite wife when she was 6 years old and he was 54. He consummated that marriage when she was nine.

Since Sharia-compliant Muslims believe that man-made laws are subordinate to Islamic law, we may have a problem with so many Muslim ā€œrefugeesā€ invading the country. They emulate their prophet as do Christians try to emulate Jesus. But, don’t tell that to their Leftist enablers and apologists for Islam or you’ll be designated an Islamophobe.

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Rooster
Rooster
1 year ago

How dud he get a job? Time to go after the businesses that hire illegals

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Sam Brady
Sam Brady
1 year ago

The “Powers that Be ” have no plan to fix anything , because the plan is to destroy everything …..

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Boxcar@yahoo.com
[email protected]
1 year ago

Poor guy just trying to do the work Mainers are unwilling to do, with a little bartering thrown in the old school way…. like they do in Bangladesh. Give him a break. Maybe Catholic Charities can help him out.

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SkippyJoeDiaper
SkippyJoeDiaper
1 year ago

Put tires on him up to his waist, soak them with gasoline and touch him off.

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Democrats are demonic
Democrats are demonic
1 year ago

Now ah, we need to be sensitive to his culture. It may well be social acceptable to rape littles girls where he comes from.

  1. And I thought we weren’t hold illegals for ICE in Cumberland county.
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Larry Jeffries
Larry Jeffries
1 year ago

It would be a shame if anything happened to ā€œMoonā€ while he was in jail…

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Beachmom
Beachmom
1 year ago

How many crimes are the illegals committing that aren’t being reported?

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Beachmom
Beachmom
1 year ago

By the way MW, did you know the state is giving illegals get no money down home loans

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Pete
Pete
1 year ago

Mills please stand up and take a bow šŸ‘šŸ»šŸ‘šŸ»

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Ryan J Murdough
Ryan J Murdough
1 year ago

His legal status is irrelevant. Mud invaders don’t belong in New England, legal or not.

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Bob
Bob
1 year ago

I saw a picture of a man with a watering can . He had a noose around his neck and the rope was tied to a branch in a small tree sapling . He was watering the little tree. As he did that the little tree would grow and gradually kill him by strangulation . The tree wore a sign saying ā€œ Islam ā€œ.
Wake Up People . Islam and Christianity do not mix .
Just because THEY give their organizations neat names like C. A. R. E. doesn’t make them good .
We don’t need any more damn Muslims here .
They have destroyed Europe .
If we let them , they will have their way with us and destroy us too .
Vote Kamala little friend Ilhan Omar for Secretary of State .

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