It appears a St. Joseph man will be able to post bond as his criminal charges proceed through the courts. As we reported, William Marshall, 41, was free on $25,000 bond awaiting a jury trial for a sex-crime charge involving a 16-year-old girl when prosecutors filed additional charges and moved to raise his bail.

Officials now say the new complaint includes the incident alleged in the first one, so the earlier case has been dismissed. Marshall is currently charged with four felonies, three counts of sodomy and one count of sexual abuse in the first degree.

On Monday, Circuit Judge Patrick Robb dismissed the earlier complaint and arraigned Marshall on the four new counts. Marshall entered a plea of not guilty. The case is currently scheduled for the trial docket October 10.

When the new case was filed, Marshall was free on a $25,000 bail bond, but the new charges came with a higher $50,000 bond setting, and the defendant went back to jail. During Monday’s hearing, Judge Robb agreed to reduce Marshall’s bail to the original $25,000