Jason Scott Herrin was also found to have 31 obscene films and 90 photographs of child abuse after his phone was seized in August 2020.
On March 18, 2024, the American pleaded guilty to two charges – communicating with another person for the purpose of obtaining commercial sex with a minor under 18, and another of possessing child abuse material.When Herrin was charged in January 2022, NTU’s website listed him as a staff scientist at the Facility for Analysis, Characterisation, Testing and Simulation.
He told the recipient of the message to offer 12-year-old girls money in exchange for providing him sexual services.
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