UPDATE: Austin Bingaman has waived his preliminary hearing and his case now goes to Indiana County’s Court of Common Pleas.
WHAT WE FIRST REPORTED
A Clymer man is due in district court today for a preliminary hearing on child pornography-related charges.
28-year-old Austin Troy Bingaman is charged with 49 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of criminal use of a communications facility for an investigation that started on January 1st of 2022. Officials with the State Attorney General said that a search was conducted in late March of this year at a home on Hancock Street and officers found several pieces of child porn on his phone.
Court documents show that he has been free after a professional bondsman posted $25,000 bail on his behalf. His hearing is set for 9:45 this morning before District Judge Anthony Sottile.
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