Magna man lied about age to entice 13-year-old girl, charges say

MURRAY, Utah (ABC4) — A 30-year-old from Magna is accused of pretending to be a teenager to entice a 13-year-old girl online. When he hoped to meet the underage girl for sex, he was instead met with federal agents.

Jason Lee Lowder, 30, is charged with attempted rape of a child, a first-degree felony; enticement of a minor, a second-degree felony; and distributing material harmful to a minor, a third-degree felony. The charges came through the Utah Attorney General’s Office.

According to court documents, members of the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force (CEHTTF) began an operation where they posed as a 13-year-old girl on a social media site. Shortly after creating the account, another user contacted them, and a conversation ensued…

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