Colorado Dentist Arrested at Airport After Flying to Florida to Have Intercourse with Mother & Underage Daughter: Feds

Jason Atha, a dentist who practices in Boulder, Colorado, was arrested in West Palm Seashore, Florida final week, earlier than he allegedly admitted to federal brokers his plan to satisfy up with a lady and her 9-year-old daughter for sexual exercise, in addition to having little one pornography on his telephone.

A federal felony criticism lays out the operation that led to Atha’s arrest, after an secret agent from Homeland Safety Investigations Palm Seashore “assumed the persona of an grownup mom with a notional 8-year-old daughter” and began “monitoring quite a few chatrooms together with these created for people to debate their pursuits in ‘taboo’ intercourse, household incest, little one pornography, and the like, to fight the sexual abuse of kid and distribution of kid pornography.”

It is there that on October 3, 2023, she started talking with an individual later recognized by feds as Atha, who responded, “Good!” when she mentioned she had an 8-year-old daughter. He then allegedly requested, “What do y’all do?” earlier than the secret agent, or UC, mentioned, “We play.” Atha is quoted as telling her, “I’d love to seek out mom daughter to play with.”

As their conversations continued, he allegedly started asking questions like, “Discovered anybody that desires to play with you each?,” “When did you begin taking part in?”, “So has she taken to it does she prefer it?” and for the woman’s title. When the UC mentioned the kid did get pleasure from their “play” time, he allegedly mentioned, “That is a ravishing factor. I’d sooo like to be part of that … for actual for actual. I’ve had so many what I assumed had been alternatives solely to get ghosted when it bought right down to it.”

Their conversations then bought extraordinarily express, as he allegedly specified by graphic element what he hoped to do with the pair sexually. He is quoted within the docs as asking the UC if the kid might put on make-up — saying, “lipstick can be good,” and saying the woman ought to appear to be she was “going out on an evening in town or one thing like that.” At one level, he additionally allegedly requested if the woman might put on “one thing not all that age acceptable for her,” like “quick shorts crop high.”

As planning continued between the pair, Atha allegedly expressed he was “very nervous however severe” about assembly up. “In my head I get there and cops are ready for me,” he is quoted as saying, months earlier than that will occur for actual. The 2 each denied being legislation enforcement to one another, per the docs, earlier than he later mentioned he was “glad” he can be the ladies’ first male sexual expertise.

He additionally despatched pictures of himself to the agent, pictures which matched pictures on the public-facing Alpine Dentistry in Boulder web site, which has since been edited.

All through the docs, he is quoted as speaking about “perving on-line,” little one pornography and his hopes the association with the girl and her daughter can be “not only a one-time” factor. He additionally allegedly stored wanting the mom to inform the kid particulars of what that they had deliberate, with UC saying the woman was “excited.” As their conversations went on, the agent instructed Atha her daughter turned 9.

On July 11, 2024, Atha allegedly instructed the agent he had bought tickets to West Palm Seashore, sending a screenshot of his August 9 itinerary.

Then, on August 9, he flew to West Palm Seashore the place, per the docs, he met the agent on the baggage declare. She allegedly claimed they might go choose up the kid from a buddy’s home — earlier than they had been each put in handcuffs by awaiting brokers once they bought to the car parking zone.

“Whereas within the again seat of the automobile, ATHA spontaneously requested how this might occur, how might anybody learn about their conversations, and said that it was simply going to be a enjoyable weekend with Child1,” reads the docs. Atha additionally allegedly waived his Miranda rights and “admitted he flew to Florida to look at the UC have interaction in intercourse with Child1.”

“Atha admitted to all the conversations he had with the UC to have intercourse with Child1, however denied that he was truly going to have intercourse with Child1,” mentioned feds.

An app on his discovered “evidenced his involvement in a number of dad/daughter and taboo chat rooms in addition to his possession of kid pornography.”

He was charged with enticement of a minor; Neither he or his lawyer have commented on the case and Atha faces a 10-year minimal sentence if convicted.