Lawrence man charged with indecent liberties with a child and distributing obscene material

photo by: Kansas Department of Corrections

Caleb Allan Augustin

A Lawrence man has been charged in Douglas County District Court with aggravated indecent liberties with a 13-year-old and distributing obscene materials.

The man, Caleb Allan Augustin, 38, faces one felony count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child for engaging in lewd touching or fondling and one misdemeanor count of distributing obscene material, according to charging documents. The charges are in connection with an incident on July 10.

Augustin was arrested on the charge just after 3 p.m. Friday at his home in the 2500 block of West 31st Street by Douglas County sheriff’s deputies. He is being held on a $10,000 cash or surety bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Monday afternoon.

Augustin has felony convictions in Johnson County for burglary and theft in 2006, according to Kansas Department of Corrections records.