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Former W&J basketball coach sentenced to 20 years after admitting to threatening young girls

Former W&J basketball coach sentenced to 20 years after admitting to threatening young girls
DOWN 2 CENTS. AND HERE IN PITTSBURGH, ANOTHER TWO-SENT DECREASE FROM YESTERDAY AT $4.45. A FORMER LOCAL COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACH ACCUSED OF THREATENING YOUNG GIRLS ON SOCIAL MEDIA TRYING TO EXTORT THEM IS SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN. -- IN PRISON. INVESTIGATORS SAY 29-YEAR-OLD JACOB KOLONIS, WHO ONCE COACHED AT WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE, LIVED IN BOTH WASHINGTON AND BLAIR COUNTIES. KOLONIS ADMITTED TO THREATENING SEVEN YOUNG GIRLS WITH THE INTENT TO EXTORT THEM FOR NUDE AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES. INVESTIGATORS SAY ON THREE OF THESE OCCASIONS, KOLONIS THEATENED THE GIRLS OVER SNAPCHAT. THIS CASE WAS BROUGHT AS PART OF PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD, A NATIONWIDE INITIATIVE TO COMBAT THE GROWING EPIDEMIC OF CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUS
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Former W&J basketball coach sentenced to 20 years after admitting to threatening young girls
A former Washington County college basketball coach who was accused of threatening young girls on social media and trying to extort them has been sentenced to 20 years in jail.Investigators said 29-year-old Jacob Kolonis, who once coached at Washington and Jefferson College, lived in both Washington and Blair counties.Kolonis admitted to threatening seven young girls with the intent to extort them for nude and sexually explicit images, the U.S. Attorney's office said. Investigators said on three of these occasions, Kolonis threatened the girls over Snapchat.This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

A former Washington County college basketball coach who was accused of threatening young girls on social media and trying to extort them has been sentenced to 20 years in jail.

Investigators said 29-year-old Jacob Kolonis, who once coached at Washington and Jefferson College, lived in both Washington and Blair counties.

Kolonis admitted to threatening seven young girls with the intent to extort them for nude and sexually explicit images, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

Investigators said on three of these occasions, Kolonis threatened the girls over Snapchat.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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