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A Gorham man charged in connection with the disappearance of a Conway teenager was ordered held on $1 million cash bail Tuesday.WATCH: Raw video of the arraignmentNathaniel Kibby, 34, was arrested Monday and charged with one count of felony kidnapping for knowingly confining Abby Hernandez, 15, on Oct. 9, 2013, in Conway, New Hampshire, with a purpose to commit an offense against her.Click to review a timeline of the case.Abby Hernandez; her mother, Zenya Hernandez; and her sister were sitting in the front row of the courtroom for the arraignment.Click to watch raw video of Hernandez entering the courtroom.In court, Kibby's attorney asked that affidavits be unsealed in the case, saying his client has a right to know the evidence prosecutors have against him. The judge denied the motion.No plea was entered on the class B felony. If convicted, Kibby could face a sentence of up to seven years in prison and a fine of up to $4,000.Click here to view News 9’s report.Kibby's attorney didn't contest the bail amount, but he said he reserves the right to challenge it later.If Kibby is able to raise the $1 million bail, he was also ordered to have no contact with Abby or her family, not use drugs or alcohol, or possess firearms or ammunition.In a news conference after the arraignment, officials said they could release few details because the investigation is ongoing."Please understand this is an ongoing investigation and prosecution," Attorney General Joseph Foster said. "We take our ethical obligations very seriously and cannot try our case in the media, so little in the way of additional substantive information can be provided at this time."Associate Attorney General Jane Young said that at this point, there is no indication anyone else was involved.Young said a search is underway at Kibby's house, and if evidence of more crimes is found, he could face additional charges."We will continue to ensure that justice is done, not only for Abby but for everybody else," Young said.Young credited Abby's mother with never giving up hope that she would return home safely. She said Abby exhibited extraordinary strength to survive nine months away from home."I cannot tell you how a child like that can get through the nine months and endure, but she has done that and proves to us she has a level of strength that I don't think many of us have," Young said.Foster, FBI special agent Kieran Ramsey and Young said that law enforcement continuously worked on bringing Abby home."I'm not sure in the last nine months if there was one day that didn’t go by that we weren’t discussing this case or working on this case," Young said."This has been an unusual case from the get-go for us," Ramsey said. "We've seen our worst fears proven true in some cases, but in the end, we've seen our best hopes realized, and that's the fact that Abby is with us today."A probable cause hearing is scheduled for Aug. 12, and officials said more details may be released then.Who is Nathaniel Kibby?Kibby has a criminal record dating back to 1998, when he was 18 years old and found guilty of assault. He was also in court last week for sentencing on a charge of criminal trespassing.A simple assault charge that was connected to the March 4 trespassing incident was dropped. Kibby had been accused of pushing a woman to the ground.According to court paperwork related to the case, Kibby asked the Carroll County Sheriff's Department to investigate "because I have no faith in the objective investigative abilities of the Conway Police Department."Kibby referred to the Conway Police Department as "an immoral organized criminal syndicate."During Kibby's arrest on the trespassing and assault charges, Conway police seized the pistol he was carrying at the time. In a petition to the court to get the Ruger LC9 returned, Kibby called the seizure "an immoral and irrational unconstitutional restriction of my civil rights."He also called any suggestion that he is a danger to the public "absurd and not credible based upon my character and my objectivist libertarian moral code."Before last week's appearance, Kibby most recently pleaded guilty in December 2013 to a charge of possession of marijuana. He was fined as a result of the guilty plea.He also had two speeding tickets from 2012, one for going 60 mph in a 35 mph zone and another for going 70 mph in a 55 mph zone.Kibby also recently lost his job. For the past five years, he had been working at EMM Precision. He was described as a good worker who was let go because work slowed down.Investigators said anyone who has information about Kibby and any activity at his Brookside Drive home since Oct. 9 should contact state police at 603-271-3636 or Conway police at 603-356-5715.