NEW ALBANY, Ind. (WDRB) -- Jonathan Rodewig Jr. appeared in court Tuesday on rape and child molestation charges in Floyd County, where a judge set his bond at $1.5 million.

The 23-year-old has similar charges for separate cases in two southern Indiana counties. The Charlestown Police Department said Monday that Rodewig Jr., of New Albany, was arrested in August after he was found driving around a girl who was reported missing. Charlestown officers smelled marijuana in the car, recovered drug evidence and arrested him.

In a subsequent investigation, police said they conducted search warrants which revealed "evidence of sexually explicit communications and videos involving the juvenile victim." Presumably, the videos involve the same girl Rodewig Jr. was found with during the traffic stop.

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