(KNZA)--A Sabetha man accused of sex offenses involving a three-year-old child has waived his preliminary hearing.

27-year-old Roy Tidwell III was bound over to Brown County District Court Wednesday on charges of rape, aggravated internet trading in child pornography and sexual exploitation of a child.

Brown County Attorney Kevin Hill says arraignment was scheduled for the morning of August 6th.

Tidwell is charged in connection with alleged crimes occurring in Hiawatha  between July and December 2017.

He was was arrested in May following an investigation by federal, state and local authorities.

Tidwell also faces charges of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and sexual exploitation of a child in Nemaha County.

He remains in the Brown County Jail, held on a $3 million bond.