Yomeo Eieta was indicted on charges of kidnapping and first-degree sex assault. A conviction would result in a mandatory maximum 20 years in prison.

The indictment sends the case to trial. Eieta is expected to be arraigned next week and a trial date will be set.

Eieta is accused of grabbing the girl by the arm while she was waiting for a relative outside the Wai'anae Neighborhood Community Center Thursday night. She was taken to a nearby brush area, molested and raped.

Circuit Judge Derrick Chan affirmed Eieta's bail of $150,000 after City Prosecutor Peter Carlisle told the judge that the girl was abducted by "a stranger." Carlisle said she was taken to a "dark and secluded area," stripped and sexually assaulted. He said the girl was told that she would be shot and was slapped across the face.

Carlisle also said her attempt to scream was "smothered by his hand."

"All of that was done to an 8-year-old girl," he told the judge.

Carlisle said the $150,000 bail would not only be for the safety of the community, but also for the defendant.

"There is a great deal of hostility right now to anyone who would do this type of thing to a child," Carlisle later told reporters.

Carlisle said he will be one of the prosecutors. He has handled about a dozen cases as the city prosecutor.