(KNZA)--A Hoyt man will stand trial for alleged sex crimes involving a three-year-old child.

26-year-old Theodore Purdy III waived his preliminary hearing last week and was bound over on charges rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child.

The Holton Recorder reports arraignment is scheduled for April 28th in Jackson County District Court.

Authorities say the alleged sex crimes occurred between September 1st and October 14th of last year.

Purdy was arrested October 20th following an investigation by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department.

He remains free on an $80,000 bond.