Charleroi Man Faces Trial For Sexual Assault

A Charleroi man faces trial on several felony assault charges involving minors. James Heinzelman-McIvor, 18 had his preliminary hearing on Thursday and his public defender had six felony and two misdemeanor charges held for court without a hearing. Heinzelman-McIvor is charged with rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child and incest of a minor among others. According to the criminal complaint, a minor victim contacted police and stated that they were raped by HeInzelman-McIvor in 2019 when they were 11 or 12 years old and that additional inappropriate actions continued beyond that.  The complaint further states that Heinzelman-McIvor waived his rights and confessed to police during an interview. Heinzelman-McIvor is free on $100,000 bond, he will be arraigned on October 27.