Randy Coffelt Jr, The suspected leader of a child sex trafficking ring that was operating in Clay and Pasco counties is now in jail

The suspected leader of a child sex trafficking ring that was operating in Clay and Pasco counties is now in jail.

“From the very beginning, a 44-year-old male knows this is a 15-year-old. And he says I don’t care,” Pasco County Sheriff Chriss Nooco said.

Randy Coffelt Jr., 44, of Middleburg is facing 13 felony charges connected to child pornography and human sex trafficking.

Coffelt was taken into custody Saturday when Clay County deputies helped FDLE agents raid his home in Middleburg.

He is now in the Pasco County jail because that’s where investigators say a victim was abused.

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