A former U.N. weapons inspector from Delmar, who was nabbed in an online sex sting, was convicted Thursday on six counts, including unlawful contact with a minor, for exchanging explicit messages with a 15-year-old girl in a chat room and then performing a sex act on himself.
Jurors in Monroe County convicted Scott Ritter, 49, on six of seven counts. He was acquitted on a criminal attempt charge. Ritter had no reaction as the verdict was announced Thursday. His twin 18-year-old daughters sobbed.
Ritter exchanged explicit messages with a detective posing as an underage girl and masturbated even after the undercover officer said during the chat that he was a minor, prosecutors said. |