Most of the charges against a Port Allegany man accused of child abuse were bound to McKean County Court at a preliminary hearing Wednesday before District Judge William Todd.
Gage Ortiz-Rodriguez, 21, will now face the following charges at the county level: involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 16, a first-degree felony; child pornography and sexual abuse of children-photograph, videotape or depict on computer or film a sex act, second-degree felonies; and indecent assault of a person less than 16, a second-degree misdemeanor.
A second-degree felony charge of aggravated indecent assault was withdrawn, court records indicate.
Court records allege that between January 2015 and June 4, 2019, Rodriguez took photographs that were found on a thumb drive and on his phone depicting him and a juvenile in sexual positions; he also allegedly possessed sexual photos of two juveniles.
He is in McKean County Jail in lieu of a total of $140,000 for the two cases.
Briana S. Rollins, 27, of Buffalo, N.Y., had a felony charge of retaliation against witness/victim against her withdrawn, but two other charges — simple assault, a second-degree misdemeanor, and summary harassment — bound to McKean County Court Monday at a hearing before Todd.
Lewis Run-based state police had alleged that Rollins, while an inmate at McKean County Jail, punched another woman about 25 times and kicked her twice during an argument.
At the time of the alleged assault, Rollins was — and still is — in jail awaiting the outcome of two cases in which she is accused of selling crack cocaine. Bail in the three cases totals $85,000.
A preliminary hearing for one drug case is set for Wednesday before District Judge Dominic Cercone, and a last-day-to-plea conference in the other is set for Oct. 3 in McKean County Court.
Troy C. Renner, 43, of Port Allegany, had the following charges against him bound to McKean County Court: simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and criminal mischief, second-degree misdemeanors; and summary harassment.
Renner appeared Monday at a preliminary hearing Monday before Todd for allegations that on Sept. 6, he damaged an occupied sport utility vehicle by striking it with an ax while he was yelling at two women who were inside it; He allegedly told one of the women that if she didn’t get out of the SUV, he was going to cut it in half with her in it, court records stated.
He was released from McKean County Jail Monday on $20,000 unsecured bail.
