A registered sex offender is accused of fondling a child and taking photos under her skirt after using a puppy ploy to get her over to his car, lawmen say.

A registered sex offender is accused of fondling a child and taking photos under her skirt after using a puppy ploy to get her over to his car, lawmen say.

Kenneth Allen Osborne, who is 64, has been charged with lewd and lascivious molestation, video voyeurism on a child under 16 and masturbating in the presence of a child, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

The victims, an 11-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy, told deputies that Osborne showed up at their Baker home June 24 and asked if they were missing a puppy. The children said they’d found all of their puppies but one and Osborne said he had it and would bring it over.

When he returned, he convinced them to come to his SUV to look at and pet a dog he had in his vehicle. He then touched the girl’s buttocks, put his hand in his pants and moved his hand around, and then stuck a camera up under her skirt. She heard two clicks, she told deputies.

The children were interviewed separately and told the same story.

The Sheriff’s Office obtained a search warrant and found a camera with two photos taken during the time frame the children reported. The photos were of the inside of the car door and the bottom of the door.

Osborne’s criminal history includes sexual offenses from 1979 to 1986.

He had given the children his name, address and phone number, all of which matched his sexual offender registration in the database.

He was arrested June 27 and has an Aug. 3 court date.