Jason Draggs
Jason Vincent Draggs, 24, formerly of Jefferson County, pleaded guilty in federal court to exchanging nude pictures with three county girls and sexually abusing one of them. He still faces six felony charges for sexual misconduct with the three girls in Jefferson County, court records show.
Draggs, who now lives in St. Louis, pleaded guilty Nov. 23 in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri to coercion and enticement of a minor. He is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 24, and in the plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to ask for a 10-year sentence, which is the mandatory minimum sentence for the charge.
Between April 1, 2020, and May 9, 2020, Draggs exchanged nude photos and requested sexual contact with two girls younger than 16, and an investigation revealed he sexually molested another girl younger multiple times and recorded the encounters, the plea agreement said.
Draggs was 22 at the time.
On May 8, 2020, law enforcement officers used one of the teen’s Snapchat accounts to communicate with Draggs, and he sent the undercover officer a naked picture of himself through the social media application. Investigators also found 10 videos of Draggs sexually abusing one of the teens that were stored on Snapchat, according to the plea agreement.
On June 25, 2020, St. Louis Police attempted to arrest Draggs outside the Lumiere Casino after the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office filed child sex charges against him. Draggs tried to run away from the arresting officers, but he was subdued after an officer shocked him with a Taser. After being arrested, Draggs lied about his name, the plea said.
Draggs is being held in Jefferson County Jail, according to court records.
Draggs also has been charged in Jefferson County with second-degree rape and two charges of second-degree sodomy, each one a class D felony punishable by up to seven years in prison; sexual misconduct involving a child under 15, a class E felony that carries a penalty of up to four years in prison; and two counts of enticement or attempted enticement of a child younger than 15 while being older than 21, each one an unclassified felony punishable by five to 30 years in prison, court documents show.