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Hutchinson Area Man Jailed In solicitation Case has October 31 Court Date

The 22-year-old Hutchinson area man jailed on charges of electronic solicitation and attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child will be back in court possibly at the end of the month.

The formal complaint was read to Craig Austin Smith back on October 10, and the case has now been placed on a waiver-status docket in front of Judge Joe McCarville

Smith is alleged to have been in contact with what he thought was a 15-year-old girl, but in fact he was actually speaking with Hutchinson Police Detective Scott Carlton and Smith apparently showed up at a vacant Hutchinson apartment and was placed under arrest.

Carlton says that it started on facebook, but then went to text messaging. Smith apparently sent some sexually explicit text messages of what he wanted to do with the young girl. Friday, he apparently indicated he wanted to meet and showed up at the vacant north side apartment where he was placed under arrest.

Smith has been on Community Corrections for a burglary conviction from January of 2010.

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