 33 year old Jeremy Joule who was arrested on February 6th on charges of first degree rape of a child under 12 appeared for his preliminary hearing today to find that he had been indicted by a Pike County grand jury by the grand jury and died prior to this it has now been moved on to the Commonwealth Attorney's office so basically we did our part the Commonwealth Attorney did their part and and the case is going to proceed in that fashion at audiology associate suppressants Berg you can live your life the way you want and find the freedom of better hearing with 40 years of being in the hearing care industry you'll experience patient care that is specific to you with exceptional follow-up care that ensures your hearing and balance needs are being met audiology associates at 1428 Northlake Drive in Prestonsburg Joule's case was presented to the Pike County grand jury by the Commonwealth Attorney's office on Wednesday February 14th and it was determined that there was probable cause to have the case proceed to circuit court no just this is uh this is why the process we have is such a good process because it gives an opportunity to uh and die and get the case moving in a timely fashion especially when you have such a a young alleged victim so you can they can start moving on with their life and certainly bring justice for them Joule was assigned Kevin Sloan as his new representation due to a conflict of interest in the public defender's office he is currently being held at the Pike County Detention Center on a $50,000 cash bond for mountaintop news i'm kelsey fidel