A Colorado dentist is facing charges after he attempted to entice a mother and her 8-year-old daughter into having unlawful sex, federal prosecutors say.
According to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital, 49-year-old Dr. James Jason Atha is accused of messaging someone he believed to be a mother about sexually grooming her 8-year-old daughter. Unbeknownst to Atha, he was messaging an undercover Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Investigations agent.
In the investigation, which began in October 2023, the agent assumed an online persona in an online message app centered around "taboo" sex, family incest and child pornography, court documents say.
On Oct. 3, 2023, the undercover DHS agent allegedly received a message from Atha with a description of his sexual fantasies.
Jason James Atha, 50, a dentist from Broomfield, Colo., was indicted in the Southern District of Florida
(DOJ) for attempted enticement of a minor and transportation of child pornography.
In the initial messages between the agent and Atha, the Colorado dentist allegedly admitted that he would "love to find mother daughter to play with."