A Mountain Home man charged with rape and endangering the welfare of a minor appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court Monday.
Forty-seven-year-old Mark William Hodges asked Circuit Judge John Putman to lower his $250,000 bond.
Prosecutor David Ethredge said the state “strongly opposed” any reduction in the bond and Judge Putman denied Hodges’ request.
The court has sealed much of the information in the case, such as the probable cause affidavit containing details of the investigation that led up to the charges.
Hodges was jailed May 20. An attorney with the Public Defender’s Office will represent him.
The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, the Mountain Home Police Department and the Crimes Against Children Division of the Arkansas State Police investigated the case.
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