Chesapeake sailor pleads guilty to coercing a minor

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A Chesapeake sailor pleaded guilty to sending sexually explicit messages to an undercover law enforcement officer (UC) posing as a 14-year-old girl.

On Feb. 16, 2024, 31-year-old Kyle Babiak used a social media app to message an undercover law enforcement officer whom Babiak believed was a young teenage girl, according to court documents. While conversing, Babiak expressed concern over the girl’s age, writing that he could “wind up in a court martial.”

Babiak sent a photo of himself wearing a Navy uniform and asked for pictures. Babiak began sending sexually explicit messages and sent sexually explicit images…

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