
February 21, 2017 05:05 PM Updated February 21, 2017 07:55 PM
ELLIS COUNTY
When asked by a prosecutor during the trial if he was a pervert, Coffey said, “Well, yeah, I guess that I am.”
A former Maypearl police chief who was convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl received back-to-back 20-year prison sentences Tuesday, the Ellis County district attorney’s office announced.
Kevin Coffey, 51, was found guilty last week of sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child. A jury sentenced him to 20 years on each conviction, the maximum punishment, and the judge ordered the prison terms to be served consecutively.
At trial, prosecutors presented evidence that Coffey molested a teenage girl in his office when the girl was 14. Coffey also talked with the girl on Skype for 20 hours over a seven-month period, the DA’s office said.
The girl, now 16, testified against Coffey, along with several other girls and a woman who said Coffey lured them in by making them feel special, The Dallas Morning News reported.
Prosecutors also presented evidence that Coffey possessed child pornography on his personal computer, including pictures of girls he met through his job as an officer, the district attorney’s office said.
When asked by a prosecutor during the trial if he was a pervert, Coffey said, “Well, yeah, I guess that I am.”
Ryan Osborne: 817-390-7684, @RyanOsborneFWST