Ohio Man Indicted in South Carolina for Exploiting and Stalking Minors on Social Media

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A federal grand jury has returned a six-count indictment charging Jack Keegan Davis, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, with coercion and enticement of minors, production, distribution, and possession of child pornography*, and cyberstalking.

The indictment alleges that from August 2022 through October 2024, Davis used at least four social media platforms and 130 social media display names to pose as a minor and interact with minors on social media. Davis used those accounts to persuade minor victims to engage in sexual conduct and to produce child sexual abuse material. Davis allegedly received that material, possessed it, and distributed some of that content to other minors, including classmates of one of his victims. He also allegedly used the material to harass and threaten at least one of his minor victims and their family. Although one minor obtained a restraining order, Davis continued to contact the minor and the minor's family after the no contact order was served on Davis.

Davis also allegedly threatened to kill one minor and the minor's family, including: "Im going to kill [Victim] and [Victim's] family," "[Victim] ur ded," "Im going to f***ing kill [Victim]," "I am not kidding I am going to kill [Victim] and [Victim's] family," "If [Victim] doesn't answer me I'm going to [Victim's] house," and "I won't stop until you're dead." Davis allegedly shared the victim's home address, said he would be there when the minor's father was out of town, promised "revenge if it's the last thing I do," and wrote, "lol I just want [Victim] to suffer." Davis is alleged to have minor victims in multiple states, including South Carolina.

FBI agents arrested Davis in the Southern District of Ohio, where he was ordered detained following a contested bond hearing. He was transported by the U.S. Marshals to South Carolina and appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Paige J. Gossett in Columbia, where he was ordered detained pending trial. United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson will preside over the case.

Davis faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison on the production of child pornography charge and a maximum of life on the coercion and enticement charge. Davis also faces up to a $250,000 fine, restitution, a special assessment of $5,000, supervision by the U.S. Probation Office for a period of up to life following any term of incarceration, and potential sex offender registry requirements.

The case was investigated by the FBI Columbia Field Office, the Kershaw County, South Carolina Sheriff's Office, the Franklin County, Ohio Sheriff's Office, and critical assistance was provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio.

U.S. Attorneys Elliott B. Daniels and Ariyana N. Gore are prosecuting the case.

U.S. Attorney Adair F. Boroughs stated that all charges in the indictment are merely accusations and that defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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NOTE: While the current federal statutes still contain the term "child pornography," experts in the field now recognize "child sexual abuse material" as the more accurate terminology.