HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 55-year-old man bound over for trial on two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy and eight counts of failing to register as a sex offender was arraigned Monday morning in front of Judge Trish Rose.

Richard Dean McHenry entered “not guilty” pleas where he is accused in a case where the victim testified at the preliminary hearing about the relationship between the two starting when she was 14 and how it changed over time. She alleges the sexual encounters occurred numerous times while the two shared a home near Pleasantview.

The state only charged him with two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, but she stated at the hearing that some of the things he demanded that she do occurred on a daily basis.

She says, during the last encounter, she came to his home to get some of her belongings and during that encounter, she was kicked and then sexually assaulted.

If he’s convicted of the sodomy charges, McHenry would be considered a persistent sex offender, meaning he could get double the sentence.

Judge Rose says the trial will start sometime in March.

McHenry has a prior conviction for aggravated criminal sodomy for a case from 2000 out of Jefferson County and is required to register as a sex offender, but again has failed to do so at least four times.