HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 23-year-old man bound over for trial in a child sex case was arraigned Tuesday and entered “not guilty” pleas.

Tanner Ward is charged with two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, aggravated burglary and criminal threat. The charges involving a child 14 to 16 years of age are alleged to have occurred on two dates, Jan. 9 and again on Jan. 11.

The aggravated burglary is alleged to have occurred on June 23 where he allegedly went into a home in the 100 block of East 5th to allegedly intimidate a victim or for a sexually motivated crime. The mother of the victim testified at the preliminary hearing that she found him laying in her daughters bed. He was later found inside the garage of that home.

The final charge of criminal threat is alleged to have occurred on Feb. 15, where he allegedly threatened to cut another person’s head off. Saying once all this is over he would go to the victims mothers home and take care of her. In a conversation with his ex, he makes the statement, “off with her head.”

Judge Tim Chambers has also scheduled a pretrial hearing for this case on Friday.

Ward has another case where he was originally arrested for burglary after he allegedly stole some copper pipes from the construction site at the Hutchinson Sports Arena, then took the pipes to Midwest Iron and Metal and sold them for cash. In doing so, he apparently signed papers saying the items were his. The state charged him with making false writing.

Ward is also alleged to have made contact with the alleged victim urging her to not show in court to testify telling her she wouldn’t be in trouble if she told them she simply forgot. Schroeder charged him with another count of Intimidation of a witness.

Those cases are still pending a preliminary hearing and is scheduled as part of a waiver-status docket on Wednesday.