A Penn Township man was held for court at a Nov. 24 preliminary hearing on charges alleging he sent a text message containing a link to sexually explicit photo to a woman who had a protection from abuse order against him.

Paul D. Hancheck, 33, was ordered held for court by District Judge Sue Haggerty on misdemeanor charges of dissemination of explicit sexual material via electronic communication and harassment filed by Middlesex Township police. He is free on unsecured bail.

The woman called police Sept. 26 and, the following day, showed police messages and a link to the photo she said Hancheck sent to her on Sept. 25, according to an affidavit.

One message read, “Sorry don’t turn me in. I hit the wrong button. I’m sorry please don’t call the police,” according to the affidavit.

He allegedly sent two other messages and a link with an attached photo of a woman performing oral sex on a male, police reported.

Police said Hancheck admitted to calling the woman accidentally, and texted her to say it was an accident and what someone had found on the internet, according to the affidavit.