A 17-year-old girl testified an Evans City man inappropriately touched her multiple times over a period of four years before a charge against him was dismissed in a Friday, Nov. 6, preliminary hearing.

James Boring Jr., 53, had a felony count of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse dismissed by District Judge Kevin Flaherty after defense attorney Matthew Ness argued intercourse did not occur.

Assistant district attorney David Beichner argued an attempt was made, but the charge was dismissed.

Two felony charges of criminal attempt, one felony count each of indecent assault and criminal solicitation, two misdemeanor counts of indecent assault and misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure and corruption of minors were held for court.

The 17-year-old testified the behavior began when she was 8 or 9 years old while she was alone with Boring. She said in that instance, Boring hugged her then grabbed her butt. She said in other instances, Boring put his hand down the front of her pants and touched her inappropriately.

The girl said incidents occurred “quite often” when she was alone with Boring over the next about four years and the last incident occurred when she was 11 or 12 years old.

The girl said when she was 11 or 12, Boring showed her his genitalia and asked her to perform sexual acts on multiple occasions. He also asked the girl to watch pornography with him on multiple occasions and on at least one occasion, he told her to keep the behavior a secret, according to testimony.

The girl told someone about the behavior for the first time 2 to 3 years ago, she said. She told her best friend then told her mom the same day.

Boring has an unsecured bail of $25,000. Beichner argued it should have been changed to a monetary bail due to the girl being a minor and the length of time over which incidents occurred.

Ness countered saying Boring has community connections and no prior record besides summary offenses. He noted a protection from abuse order was already in place.

Flaherty opted not to change the bail.

Boring’s formal arraignment is scheduled for 1 p.m. Dec. 22 in Butler County Common Pleas Courtroom 2.