By NEAL WAGNER / Managing Editor

ALABASTER – The Alabaster Police Department has arrested Michael Kinsey, 52, of Michael Drive in Alabaster, and charged him with sexually abusing an underage victim over a several-year period.

Kinsey has been charged with two counts of first-degree sodomy, two counts of second-degree sodomy, two counts of sexual abuse of a child younger than 12 and one count of first-degree rape.

The charges came as the result of an APD investigation beginning on Jan. 27, when the Alabaster Police Department responded to a report of sexual abuse involving a juvenile.

According to Kinsey’s arrest documents, the incidents occurred multiple times between Jan. 10, 2010, and Jan. 1, 2015, and began when the victim was 8 years old. Kinsey’s rape charge came as the result of a June 20, 2003, incident, according to court documents.

Kinsey was booked into the Shelby County Jail on Feb. 12, and is being held on $85,000 bond. He is set to appear in Shelby County District Court for a preliminary hearing in front of Judge Daniel Crowson on March 6.

“We will aggressively pursue and prosecute offenders to protect children.” Detective Josh Rauch stated.  Anyone with information concerning this investigation is asked to contact the Alabaster Police Department at 663-7401 or Alabaster Criminal Investigations Division at 664-6850.