The suspected leader of a child sex trafficking ring that was operating in Clay and Pasco counties is now in jail.
“From the very beginning, a 44-year-old male knows this is a 15-year-old. And he says I don’t care,” Pasco County Sheriff Chriss Nooco said.
Coffelt was taken into custody Saturday when Clay County deputies helped FDLE agents raid his home in Middleburg.They also say they believe there are more victims.FDLE agents and Pasco County Sheriff’s Office detectives on Thursday were seen coming out of the Middleburg home of Coffelt just hours after Nocco held a news conference to announce the arrest of four men including Coffelt. All four face charges in connection to suspected child pornography and child sex trafficking.
According to a complaint affidavit, the online conversations between Coffelt and the teen turned sexual, and eventually, the two started texting each other. The complaint affidavit states that Coffelt created an account on another adult website where he uploaded nude photos of the girl. Investigators say before long, different men started showing up at the girl’s home to have sex with her on video. They also say Coffelt stayed in contact with the girl from his home in Middleburg and coached her on what to do on camera. The video of her performing sex acts on men were sent back to Coffelt who is accused of uploading the videos to his account. According to the complaint affidavit, this went on from December of last year until April 2023.
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