CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland police officer accused of urinating on a 12-year-old girl at a school bus stop was ordered jailed on $300,000 bond in his first court appearance Monday.

Officer Solomon Nhiwatiwa, 34, pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted kidnapping, pandering obscenity, disseminating material harmful to juveniles, assault, endangering children, child enticement, interfering with custody and public indecency.

Nhiwatiwa appeared without a lawyer and took more than a full minute to answer whether he wanted to plead not guilty or postpone his arraignment until he could hire an attorney.

Common Pleas Court Judge Brendan Sheehan set Nhiwatiwa’s bond and ordered him to have no contact with the child and wear a GPS ankle monitor if he is released.

Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Jennifer Driscoll asked for Nhiwatiwa’s bond to be set at $1 million. She cited Nhiwatiwa’s violation of the public’s trust with a child.

Nhiwatiwa’s case was assigned to Judge Wanda Jones. He is set for his next appearance on Sept. 3.

Nhiwatiwa, hired to the force in 2014, was suspended without pay after his arrest.

The off-duty officer drove up to the girl Aug. 16 as she stood waiting for the school bus. He tried to lure the girl into his car by asking if she needed a ride to school, prosecutors said.

The girl refused Nhiwatiwa several times and he drove away only to return to record himself on his cellphone as he urinated on the girl, prosecutors said. He left again.

A neighbor called Euclid police and said a man, later identified as Nhiwatiwa, was acting strange and looking inside people’s cars, prosecutors said.

The girl’s mother reported the incident to Euclid police, who pieced together the connection and obtained warrants charging Nhiwatiwa, prosecutors said.

Nhiwatiwa turned himself in to police on Tuesday.

Two days after his arrest, Nhiwatiwa’s neighbor called police and reported that someone had broken into his home. The unidentified burglar stole bags full of knives, brass knuckles, ammunition, computer equipment, hard drives and other items from Nhiwatiwa’s house, according to a police report. Officers recovered several of the items in a nearby backyard, the report says.

Nhiwatiwa has been disciplined four times in his five years with Cleveland police officer, and was involved in a fatal shooting while working as a security guard in 2012, before he joined the force.

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