Posted: Nov. 26, 2019 4:50 pm Updated: Nov. 26, 2019 5:08 pm

CARTHAGE, Ill. -- A Nauvoo man is being held in the Hancock County Jail on $500,000 bond after he was arrested on more than a dozen charges alleging he sexually abused two boys over three years.

The Hancock County Sheriff's Department said it arrested Alfred F. Cote, 61, on Nov. 18 on two warrants with a total of 15 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.

Charging documents allege Cote had sexual contact with a boy under the age of 13 between July 26, 2009, and July 25, 2012. The charges also allege that Cote had sexual contact with a boy under the age of 13 between Jan. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2016.

If convicted, Cote would face between six and 60 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for each count.