Police: Troy man sexually abused child younger than 11

A Troy man is accused of sexually abusing a child and taking obscene photographs.

State Police said Michael A. Lindsley, 33, had sexual contact with a child under the age of 11 in a Hoosick Falls home. The incident was reported to police on Jan. 12.

Lindsley turned himself in to police. He was charged on Thursday with use of a child in a sexual performance, sexual abuse, promoting a sexual performance by a child, possessing a sexual performance by a child, forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child.

Lindsley was arraigned in Hoosick Falls Village Court and sent without bail to Rensselaer County Jail.