EVANS CITY — An Adams Township man will remain in jail in lieu of $100,000 bond, despite his attorney’s request for a reduction at a preliminary hearing Tuesday.

Brought from Butler County Prison, Brannon Irvin, 34, appeared before District Judge Amy Marcinkiewicz, who, following a hearing, moved forward all charges against him to Butler County Common Pleas Court.

Irvin is charged with felony counts of intimidation and obstructing a child abuse investigation, as well as misdemeanor terroristic threats and harassment, after his neighbor accused him of shouting threats at her Aug. 8.

“He didn’t make any attempt to make physical contact,” said Ryan Helsel, Irvin’s public defender. “For a crime of words, $100,000 is high.”

Assistant District Attorney David Beichner opposed the reduction and pointed out that the neighbor in question was a witness to a criminal case filed July 12 that saw Brannon Irvin and his wife, Brittany, arrested and charged with felony counts of child endangerment, one misdemeanor count of child endangerment and misdemeanor counts of various drug charges.

Preceding Brannon Irvin’s hearing Wednesday, the couple waived their preliminary hearings in regard to the July filing, which accused them of leaving their young children unattended at their home with their medical marijuana out in the open.

The pair had been released on $25,000 unsecured bonds; however, following Irvin’s second arrest, Irvin was issued the $100,000 bond.

“Luckily, it was only words,” Beichner said of the alleged altercation with the neighbor.

After hearing testimony and the arguments, Marcinkiewicz said she felt the bond was appropriate.

The neighbor testified during Tuesday’s hearing that she was in her garage when Irvin was dropped off Aug. 8 in front of his home, which is across the street from hers.

“He got out of the car,” she said. “Then he was screaming at me from across the street in his driveway.”

The neighbor said Irvin was angry enough that she called the police in regard to the July incident, and then he threatened at least three times to “murder” and “kill” her.

The neighbor said she had minimal contact with both Irvin and his wife leading up to the incidents. She said directly after the threat, she closed her garage door, went to the police station to report the incident and then went to stay with her family.

“I was afraid to be there,” she said.

The neighbor said she did not know how Irvin came to his conclusion about her. She said the only interaction with Irvin following his first arrest was when he came home and saw her talking with a handful of other neighbors in one of their driveways.

She said he called them nosy neighbors as he walked by.

Adams Township officer Michael Bordt said the neighbor’s name had not been included in the previous case’s filing.

“Her name was kept out of the report for safety concerns,” Bordt said.

Both Irvins are scheduled to appear Oct. 18 in county court for formal arraignment on all their respective pending cases.