A judge in High Point has lowered the bond for former state Rep. Cecil Brockman, who has been held since early last month on child sex charges.

Brockman has been held on a $1.05 million bond. At a bond hearing Monday, a judge agreed to reduce it to $250,000, according to WXII-TV. Brockman’s lawyer last week requested that the bond be reduced to $100,000 — a request opposed by county prosecutors, according to court records.

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Brockman, a 41-year-old Democrat who has represented High Point for a decade, was arrested Oct. 8 and charged with two counts of statutory sex offense with a child and two additional counts of indecent liberties with a child. Prosecutors allege that he met the 15-year-old victim on a dating app and that they lived together for a time. The allege

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