A former New Mexico high school coach has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for coercing and enticing a minor female and producing child pornography.
According to the evidence presented at trial and publicly available court records, 32-year-old Johnathon Bindues, a former coach for the girls’ basketball and track teams at Los Lunas High School, used his position to gain special access to minor females. The victim, identified as Jane Doe, was a freshman and a member of the teams Bindues coached.
Between September 2020 and June 2021, Bindues exchanged over 17,000 text messages with the victim. He requested nude images of Jane Doe, sent her explicit images of himself, and repeatedly encouraged her to delete text messages.
After discovering sexually explicit messages on her daughter’s phone, Jane Doe’s mother reported the relationship to the New Mexico State Police.
Bindues was convicted of coercion and enticement of a minor and production of child pornography on May 4, 2023. Upon his release from prison, he will be subject to 10 years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender.
The FBI and New Mexico State Police investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorneys Jaymie L. Roybal and Patrick E. Cordova are prosecuting the case as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
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.
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Key Facts
- State: New Mexico
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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