HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Jury selection for a Nickerson man charged in a child sex case is scheduled to begin in the morning.
Shanon Patrick Williams is charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child, indecent liberties with a child and three counts of sexual exploitation of a child. He was arrested after the Reno County Sheriff’s Department assisted Homeland Security officers and the Wichita Missing and Exploited Child Unit in serving a search warrant on his residence at 103 S. Paine. They seized his computers as well as a camera allegedly used to take some of the pictures.
The case has to do with Williams taking pictures of his autistic step-daughter who was 13 and 14 years old at the times of the alleged crimes. Some of the photos included lewd close-ups of the child, some with clothing, but most without. There were indications that he was trying to trade the photos for other pornographic pictures and movies. The crimes allegedly occurred between Sept. 13, 2011, and July 31, 2013.
The jury trial will be in front of Judge Trish Rose.