HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Nickerson man charged with crimes associated with inappropriate touching of his autistic step-daughter and distributing pornographic images of her will go to trial. He was bound over Monday by District Judge Joe McCarville

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 serve 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.

Agent Mark Larkin with Homeland Security was on the stand Monday where he told of getting a tip about some images of a child and after an investigation led to the home in Nickerson.

The case has to do with Williams taking pictures of his step-daughter who was 13 and 14 years old at the time. Some of the photos included lewd close-ups of the child, some with clothing, but most without. The naked ones allegedly showed her private parts.

Also on the stand Monday was Jennifer Wright with the Wichita Missing and Exploited Child Unit, a part of the Wichita Police Department. She testified about the investigation and the discovery of the photo images found on his computer.

They discovered through their investigation that there were 250 e-mail strings with conversations in 30-35 countries. There were indications that he was trying trade the photos for other pornographic pictures and movies.

Some of the crimes allegedly occurring between September 13, 2011 and September 12, 2012, while the state alleges that others occurred in a time frame of between September 13, 2012 and July 31, 2013.

With Williams being bound over for trial, he’ll be arraigned on June 9, in front of Judge Trish Rose.