Registered sex offender charged with exploitation of a minor

A Lexington man was charged with 3 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Thursday.

Jason Glenn Jordan, 29, is a registered sex offender, the attorney General’s office said in a news release on Thursday. He is is accused of soliciting sex through social media and sending sexually explicit images to a minor.

Jordan was arrested March 23 by Lexington County authorities and formally charged Monday, March 28 with 1 count of criminal solicitation of a minor and 2 counts of dissemination of obscene material to a minor.