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Ex‑Sabinal High Coach Gets 30 Years for Attempted Enticement of a Minor

The case underscores how digital stings using phone data can expose abuse of trust by school staff.

Overview

  • Kenneth Wayne Mulkey, 44, was sentenced in Del Rio on Friday by U.S. District Judge Ernest Gonzalez to 30 years in federal prison.
  • Mulkey pleaded guilty on Aug. 11, 2025 to attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, and a related obscene‑material charge was later dismissed.
  • In Snapchat chats on Oct. 11–12, 2024 with an undercover agent posing as a 14‑year‑old in Orlando, he said he was a football and track coach, asked for explicit photos, and sent a graphic image of himself.
  • Phone data showed he was about 40 meters from Sabinal High School when he sent the initial messages, according to court records.
  • He was arrested Jan. 31, 2025, indicted Feb. 19, and the district removed him from campus and placed him on administrative leave as the case moved forward.