YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) -- The attorney for an East Side man facing sex abuse charges has asked a judge for a reduced bond and competency evaluation for his client.

Attorney Walter Ritchie filed the requests today in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for Rolando Guzman-Sosa, 28, who faces 20 fourth-degree felony counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor.

His bond was set at $75,000 following a May 13 arraignment. His case is set for a July 17 trial date before Judge Anthony Donofrio. He was indicted May 8 by a grand jury and has been in jail since his indictment.

In his motion for reduced bond, Ritchie wrote that Guzman-Sosa has no prior criminal record, is charged with non-violent offenses, is borderline autistic, and can not function without his mother.

In the motion for a com

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