Shane Ngirmidol, left, appeared in District Court today with public defender Okechukwu Amadi. Ngirmidol, 31, who is accused of raping a 4-year-old girl who was playing in the backyard of her Kalihi home on Monday night, pleaded not guilty to first- and third-degree sexual assault and burglary in the second degree this morning. BRUCE ASATO | The Honolulu Advertiser

Shane Ngirmidol, 31, who has no permanent local address, was barefoot when he appeared in District Court, wearing black athletic shorts and a sleeveless, silver-and-blue, V-neck athletic shirt. He was shackled at the ankles and wrists when he was escorted into the courtroom.

Ngirmidol had bail set at $50,000 for the more serious charges and $500 for an unrelated case that was not disclosed in court.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Tuesday. The burglary charge stems from the accusation that Ngirmidol unlawfully entered a storage shed where the girl allegedly was sexually assaulted.

According to police, the girl was playing in the fenced-in backyard of her Kalihi home on Palama Street around 7 p.m. when she was attacked by a man who climbed over a chain-link fence and lured her into a darkened tool shed on the property.

The girl was being treated at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children the next day when her mother told sex crime investigators that her daughter was sexually assaulted by a stranger who had dark skin, curly hair and smelled.

The girl told investigators that she was alone with the man in the tool shed and that he had given her $1, according to a police affidavit filed in court.

A police graphic artist made two composite sketches of the suspect and a convenience store owner told police Tuesday that a man matching the description had just left his store, which is located on the same Palama Street property, according to the affidavit.

Just after 5 p.m. Tuesday, officers stopped Ngirmidol alongside Tamashiro's Market at Palama and North King streets and asked him to stand in a field lineup, according to the affidavit.