A local constable is headed to trial on allegations that he sexually assaulted a pre-teen girl last year.

A local district judge ordered that Frederick W. Townsend be tried on six felony sex crimes regarding abuse at a daycare Townsend and his wife operated in Providence Township.

Townsend, not allowed to work as a constable since charges were filed in February, is at Lancaster County Prison on $100,000 bail.

The 11-year-old girl was not a client at Busy Hands Daycare, operated at the Townsend home on Sawmill Road, according to officials.

District Judge Isaac Stoltzfus recently ordered the case to trial after Townsend, 55, waived a preliminary hearing.

Defense attorney Michael Winters said Townsend waived the hearing via a video conference from the prison.

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Winters declined to comment further on a potential resolution to the case.

If Townsend posts bail, he is not allowed to be at the daycare, according to the judge’s prior order.

Townsend’s wife was not involved in the alleged crimes, which happened when she was away from the home, charging documents show.

Townsend was elected in 2008 to a second six-year term as constable. However, he is no longer listed on the state’s database of constables since the charges.

By waiving a preliminary hearing, Townsend doesn’t admit guilt, but concedes police had enough evidence to file charges.