A United Kingdom citizen has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Jack Edward Coles, 40, received a sentence of 188 months in prison and will be subject to 20 years of supervised release, as ordered by Chief U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga.
Court records show that in October 2024, Coles met a 14-year-old boy through a dating app. He arranged transportation for the minor to his hotel and engaged in sexual acts with him upon arrival. Coles later tried to set up additional meetings with the minor in October and November 2024, and again in February 2025. In November 2024, he also encouraged the victim to send sexually explicit photographs.
The case was announced by United States Attorney Hayden P. O’Byrne and Acting Special Agent in Charge José R. Figueroa of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami.
Homeland Security Investigations Miami led the investigation with help from the City of Miami Police Department and the State Attorney’s Office, Criminal Investigation Division.
Assistant United States Attorney Dwayne Williams prosecuted the case.
“This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.”
Additional court documents can be found on the District Court for the Southern District of Florida website at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or through http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov under case number 25-cr-20073.
