The Hollywood casting agent who had worked with children on Hollywood blockbusters such as Super 8 - despite a past conviction of child abuse - was arrested on Friday on suspicion of violating the sexual offender laws.

Jason James Murphy was charged by Los Angeles prosecutors with failing to file a name change and a change of address and therefore not being listed on the Megan's Law registry despite being a convicted sex offender, reported the Los Angeles Times.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, in 1996, then-19-year-old Murphy, from Seattle, Washington, was sentenced to nearly seven years for molesting and kidnapping a young boy who he met while working as a camp counselor.

A registered sex offender who had been convicted of assaulting an eight-year-old boy was later hired as a casting agent on a string of child-centric Hollywood blockbusters, without anyone on set knowing his real identity, RadarOnline.com has learned.

In 1996, Jason James Murphy, then a 19-year-old from suburban Seattle, Washington, was sentenced to nearly seven years for molesting and kidnapping a young boy who he met while working as a camp counselor, reported the Los Angeles Times.

Years later, the child abuser dropped his last name, and using the pseudonym Jason James, worked his way up the ranks of the casting industry to win coveted jobs on Super 8, Bad News Bears and The School Of Rock, where he worked with numerous young actors hoping to get their big break.

Super 8, the family-friendly SciFi adventure produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by J.J. Abrams, had a super opening at the box office this weekend.

With stars Kyle Chandler and Elle Fanning, the flick took in an estimated $38 million in tickets.

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X-Men: First Class finished second with $25 million.

And two sequels, The Hangover II and Pirates 4 each took in enough to pass the $200 million mark.

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