COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Columbus man was charged after allegedly exploiting and stalking minors on social media for two years, an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.
Jack Davis, 21, was indicted in South Carolina on charges of coercion and enticement of minors, production, distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material and cyberstalking.
The indictment alleges that from August 2022 to October 2024, Davis used at least four social media platforms and 130 social media display names to pose as a minor and interact with others on social media.
Davis reportedly used the accounts to persuade minors to engage in sexual conduct and produce child sexual abuse material, U.S. Attorney Adair Ford Boroughs said.
Davis allegedly received the material and distributed some of it to other minors, including classmates of one of the victims. He also is alleged to have used the material to threaten and harass at least one of the victims and their family.
The attorney said that despite one minor obtaining a restraining order, Davis continued to contact the minor and their family after the no-contact order was served.
He also allegedly threatened to kill one minor and their family and shared the home address of a victim, saying that he would be there when the minor’s father was out of town.
Boroughs' office says Davis reportedly had minor victims in multiple states, including in South Carolina where he was indicted.
He was arrested in Ohio and then taken to South Carolina where he will be detained until trial.
He faces a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of life in prison.