Child Sex Abuse Case Continues Against Viola Man

A Viola man facing multiple charges, including child sexual abuse material, will return to court in November.

22-year-old Marcellus Trice appeared in Mercer County Circuit Court last week, where a pretrial conference was continued to Nov. 2.

Trice’s charges include a Class X felony of child sexual abuse material and a Class 1 felony of criminal sexual assault.

Trice was granted pretrial release with GPS tracking. The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department announced the arrest in a press release in June.