St. Louis County Man Admits Trying to Have Sexual Contact with Jefferson County Teen

ST. LOUIS - A man from St. Louis County on Wednesday admitted being caught trying to have sexual contact with a Jefferson County 14-year-old in 2025.

Tay'vion K. Like, 25, of Bellefontaine Neighbors, pleaded guilty to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor. He admitted communicating with the teen via Snapchat in July of 2025. Like requested sexual contact with the victim, even after she told him that she was 14. He claimed he was 17. Like then told her that he wanted to come to her house to engage in sexual activity. She told him not to come, and that she would call police. When she discovered that he was outside her house on July 15, 2025, she tried to get him to leave and then told her father. Her father called the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. Deputies caught Like near the victim's home.

Like also admitted communicating with other underage girls on Snapchat.

Sentencing is set for October 22. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and the FBI investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jillian Anderson is prosecuting the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Department of Justice Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 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. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.