HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The preliminary hearing for a 34-year-old man arrested after two domestic incidents, one where he held police at bay for nearly six hours, was expected to resume Wednesday after the case went into recess second time last week. However, the hearing for Charles Mendenhall III, has been pushed back two more days because the victim in the case told Judge Joe McCarville that she has still not been able to speak with attorney Steve Osburn over her testimony.

The case has to do with two cases, one on Dec. 24 and the other on Jan. 10. Mendenhall is charged with numerous felony charges as a result.

The victim was testifying about the second incident, but during the questioning by the state, she told the court that she would probably need an attorney, meaning she might implicate herself in a some type of crime. Judge Joe McCarville assigned Osburn to represent her and dismissed her from the stand.

They attempted Wednesday to call Osburn, but were unsuccessful in reaching him so Judge McCarville decided to reset it for 3 p.m. Friday.

Mendenhall is charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal discharge of a firearm, criminal threat and two counts of aggravated endangerment of a child in the Christmas Eve incident. In the case from Jan. 10, he’s charged with aggravated battery, aggravated burglary, interference with law enforcement, violation of a protection from abuse order, criminal restraint and battery of Hutchinson Police Officer Josh Long.