POINT PLEASANT — A man accused of receiving stolen merchandise purchased with a bad credit card returned to magistrate court Thursday for his second preliminary hearing on the same charge.

Danis Mensah, 25, of Bronx, N.Y., and Guana, Africa, appeared before Magistrate Gail Roush for another preliminary hearing after a charge of receiving and transferring five Canon projectors that allegedly were purchased from a store in Connecticut and shipped to a resident in Point Pleasant was refiled after being dismissed in a previous hearing.

Before the hearing began, Mensah’s attorney, Mike Eachus, made a motion for dismissal of the charge because his client had appeared March 16 for the same charge. He also asked that Mensah’s bond be reduced from $150,000.

“This is an abuse of the legal process,” Eachus argued. “His first bond was $50,000. Now it is $150,000. We are asking that it be reduced.”

Roush denied the motion to dismiss but granted the bond reduction to $50,000.

On March 7, Sgt. Bryan Morrow received a telephone call from Al Testoni, owner of Audio Visual Rentals in Enfield, Conn., about five computer projectors the company had shipped to Point Pleasant. The projectors allegedly were paid for with an invalid credit card.

Mensah, who lives in New York, allegedly flew to West Virginia to pick up the projectors for distribution elsewhere. He was arrested by Morrow and members of the West Virginia State Police without incident.

The projectors were sent to the home of Rochelle Glassburn of Point Pleasant, who testified that when she spoke with Mensah, whom she met through an Internet chatroom two years ago, he asked her if the boxes could be shipped to her home and told her that the boxes would contain T-shirts.

Glassburn said that when she picked up the boxes, they felt heavier than they would have if they had T-shirts in them. She said she opened the first one and saw the projector, and that’s when Morrow and Chief Ernie Watterson visited her and asked about the packages.

During their investigation, the police discovered Mensah was in the United States on a passport and visa and was in violation of its rules. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was notified, with the agency sending a detention order to the Western Regional Jail in Barboursville, where Mensah was detained. An investigation also is being conducted by the Connecticut State Police.

Roush said she found probable cause and moved the case to circuit court, which will be presented to the grand jury.

Also appearing for a preliminary hearing was Jeffery L. Rainey for forgery and uttering. Rainey waived his preliminary hearing, with the case being moved to the grand jury.

Roush also reduced his bond from $20,000 to $8,000.