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. - ST
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.