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This photo released Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, by San Jose Police Department shows suspect Gail Burnworth, a resident of Tacoma, Wash., who was one of two people arrested after a sharp-eyed airline passenger saw another traveler texting about sexually assaulting children. San Jose police say they arrested 56-year-old Michael Kellar in the city’s airport Monday night after a flight from Seattle. Officers arrested 50-year-old Gail Burnworth in her Tacoma home. (San Jose Police Department via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, JUNE 3-4 - This May 2017 photo, shows a computer monitor displaying a look at Scratch, a program the Beta Coders group from the University of Puget Sound use to tutor Lincoln High School students in Tacoma, Wash. (Brooke Thames/The News Tribune via AP)

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In this 2013 photo provided by the University of Puget Sound, Kathryn Ginsberg collects wastewater that will be tested for trace levels of pharmaceutical drugs from a sewer near Tacoma, Wash. (Ross Mulhausen/University of Puget Sound via Associated Press) **FILE**

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The installation crew discusses how to attach two sections of Sun King, a bronze sculpture, in a small park near the Thea Foss Waterway, on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 in Tacoma, Wash. The first major piece of public art commissioned by the city has been out of public view since 2006. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Peter Haley)