Event Brief
UPDATED Aug 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET
Aug 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
Former ORNL director sentenced for child exploitation
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Andrew Worrall, a former ORNL program director, gets 235 months for child sexual exploitation and child pornography.
WHO: Andrew Worrall, 56, former Oak Ridge National Laboratory program director; U.S. District Judge Thomas A. Varlan
WHAT: Sentenced to 235 months in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a child and production of child pornography; ordered to sell his Farragut home and forfeit property equity
WHEN: Aug 14, 2026 at 9:57 AM ET
WHERE: Farragut, Tennessee
WHY: Worrall used Snapchat to contact two 17-year-old minors and coerced them into sending explicit photos and videos
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