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Nathan Eric Osborne speaks to his lawyer in Muskegon County District Court on Tuesday, March 28.

(Stephen Kloosterman/MLive.com)

MUSKEGON, MI - Nathan Eric Osborne is headed to trial in circuit court on charges he persuaded a teen mother to sexually assault her baby and send him images of the abuse.

Osborne, age 33 of Muskegon Township, waived his preliminary examination Tuesday afternoon, March 28, before District Court Judge Harold F. Closz. Waiving the exam allows the case to be bound over to Muskegon County's 14th Circuit Court for trial without the presentation of evidence and a decision by Closz.

Osborne faces four felony charges in connection to the alleged crime.

Jazmine Nichole Pacyga

The mother, 19-year old Jazmine Nichole Pacyga, has also been charged with criminal sexual conduct and producing child sexually abusive material - those charges also have been bound over to circuit court, according to the Muskegon County Jail website.

In February, Osborne was charged with persuading, enticing or inducing a person to produce child sexually abusive materials, a 20-year felony; using a computer to commit the inducement crime, also a 20-year felony that can be served consecutive to the first charge; distribution of child sexually abusive material, a seven-year felony; and possession of child sexually abusive material, a four-year felony.

According to a petition filed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Pacyga admitted to performing oral sex on her three-month-old infant son.

Osborne and Pacyga remain in jail. His bond has been set at $500,000; hers has been set at $200,000.