Bonds total $1 million in pandering charges

NILES -- Bond was set at $500,000 on each of two charges against a man already facing felony indictments.
Mark A. Heilman, 40, of Dumont Drive, Mineral Ridge, was arraigned Thursday in Niles Municipal Court on two counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor.
Heilman, who also lists an address on West Park Avenue, Niles, was free on bond after a Trumbull County grand jury indicted him in July on 28 counts of rape and two counts of gross sexual imposition.
The original indictments stem from a June investigation in which a female relative told police Heilman forced sex on her for at least six years before she moved from the home.
Police said the new charges are part of that continuing investigation and not because of any acts that occurred after Heilman was released from jail.
A preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday.