A Chillicothe man charged with alleged Rape has had his case moved to Circuit Court. Forty-three-year-old Julio Cesar Lopez-Mendez was in Associate Court Tuesday for arraignment on the rape charge from June of this year. Court records show Lopez-Mendez waived the right to a preliminary hearing. Judge Michael Leamer bound the case over to Circuit Court, with arraignment scheduled for October 8th.
He remains in custody with no bond allowed.