SPOKANE — A former Ferris High School assistant football coach pleaded guilty this week to soliciting sex from underage Moses Lake and Spokane girls in 2018, The Spokesman-Review reported.
Charles Eglet, 30, pleaded guilty in a Spokane federal court Wednesday to production of child pornography and online enticement of a minor. A plea agreement was reached for a prison sentence of just over 22 years, though the judge overseeing the case will not make a sentencing decision until May, The Spokesman-Review wrote.
Eglet had originally faced state charges of child rape, child molestation and communicating with a child for immoral purposes. He was booked into Spokane County Jail after being caught by a sting operation by Washington State Patrol troopers, police records show.
WSP Sgt. Dan McDonald, who led the investigation, said in an interview at the time that Eglet had used Snapchat to contact underage girls and track their location through the app’s geolocation feature. Snapchat, a mobile phone messaging service, can track the location of users who activate the feature on their profiles. Eglet’s account did not have the feature activated, McDonald said, which prevented the victim from realizing Eglet wasn’t a peer.