COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal grand jury has indicted Jack Keegan Davis, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, on six counts, including coercion and enticement of minors, production, distribution, and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and cyberstalking.
Federal prosecutors said the indictment shows a two-year campaign of exploitation, harassment, and threats involving multiple minor victims.
According to court documents, from August 2022 to October 2024, Davis allegedly used at least four social media platforms and over 130 aliases to pose as a minor, targeting and exploiting minors online. Prosecutors said he persuaded his victims to produce explicit content, which he then possessed, distributed, and used to intimidate and threaten them.
The indictment said he shared explicit material with classmates of one victim and continued his harassment even after the victim obtained a restraining order against him. Authorities say Davis issued violent threats to one victim and their family, including promises to “kill [the victim] and [the victim’s] family” and to “make [the victim] suffer.” He allegedly went as far as sharing the victim’s home address and threatening to show up when the victim’s father was out of town.
Victims are reported in multiple states, including South Carolina, where Davis was ultimately transported for trial after his arrest by FBI agents in the Southern District of Ohio.
Davis appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Paige Gossett in Columbia and was ordered detained pending trial. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison for the production of CSAM and up to life imprisonment for coercion and enticement charges. He may also face fines of up to $250,000, restitution, special assessments, lifetime probation, and sex offender registration.
The case drew on resources from multiple jurisdictions, including the FBI Columbia Field Office and sheriff’s departments in South Carolina and Ohio.