MARION COUNTY — A 30-year-old Centralia man was returned to Graham Correctional Center Wednesday, following a court hearing on multiple felony cases in Marion County.

TJ Howard appeared in court Wednesday in custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections. He was scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on separate outstanding felony cases from  2013, 2014, 2015 and three from 2016.

Howard also has outstanding DUI cases from 2011, 2012, and two from 2013.

A defense motion Wednesday seeking to have a January 17 jury trial date on the remaining cases was denied, as was Howard’s request to remain in the Marion County Jail until his January 5, final pre-trial hearing.

Howard made headlines over the summer after an alleged failure of a court ordered drug test put him back in the Marion County Jail with bail increased by $1 million.

He had previously been granted bail in seven felony and four DUI cases, having posted nearly $58,000 in cash bond just since September 2015.

Howard is currently serving a two year prison sentence on one of those cases. After less than 10 minutes of deliberation, a Marion County jury found him guilty in July ion a 2012 case charging him with damaging a Centralia Police car. At that time a charge of felony aggravated battery in a public place was dismissed.