COVINGTON – A former Magoffin County Schools teacher charged with online enticement and cyberstalking a juvenile pleaded guilty to one of the federal charges in court on Monday.
On Monday, October 6, Jordan A. Cobb, 32, of Coon Creek Rd., in Salyersville, appeared in court for a re-arraignment hearing, entering a guilty plea for Count 1 of the indictment, the online enticement charge. Via the plea agreement, the U.S. Attorney’s office agreed to motion for the second charge from the indictment to be dismissed.
According to the plea agreement, Cobb admitted to attempting to knowingly persuade, induce, entice, or coerce an individua under the age of 18 to engage in unlawful sexual activity, using a facility of interstate commerce to do so.
Also included in the agreement, Cobb confirmed that during the time period of April through May 2023, while he was a middle school teacher, he engaged in a Snapchat conversation with a 14-year-old former student. During the course of the conversation, Cobb reportedly sent a series of sexually explicit messages, including questions to the minor about masturbation and sexual preferences, offers to provide the minor with marijuana, and a plant to meet for sexual intercourse.
Snapchat is an internet-based communication platform that allows users to send messages and photos and, in legal terms, is a means or facility of interstate commerce.
The statutory punishment for the online enticement charge is imprisonment for not less than 10 years and not more than life imprisonment, a fine of not more than $250,000, and a term of supervised release of at least 5 years up to life. A mandatory special assessment of $100 applies. For his acceptance of responsibility, the U.S. agrees to move at sentencing for a decrease in the offense level by two levels, though the court is not locked in to any particular sentence.
Cobb is scheduled to be sentenced in Ashland federal court on Monday, January 12, 2026, before Chief Judge David L. Bunning.
Cobb was federally indicted in April this year and charged with online enticement and cyberstalking. His federal indictment accuses him of attempting “to knowingly persuade, induce, entice, or coerce an individual under the age of 18, using a means or facility of interstate commerce, to engage in sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense, namely, Rape in the Third Degree,” in or about April and May 2023. It further states that between June 2 and June 13, 2024, Cobb allegedly, “with the intent to harass or intimidate another person under the age of 18 years old, used an interactive computer service or electronic communication service of interstate commerce, or any other facility of interstate or foreign commerce, to engage in a course of conduct that causes, attempts to cause, or would be reasonably expected to cause emotional distress to that person.”
Cobb continues to be in the custody of the U.S. Marshals , pending his sentencing, having been held at the Pike County Detention Center since his arrest on April 28, though his status is “transferred to another facility” at press time.
In March, Cobb was also indicted by a Magoffin County grand jury and charged with one count of procuring or promoting the use of a minor by electronic means (Class D felony) and one count of harassing communications (Class B misdemeanor). According to the indictment, on or about May 2, 2023, Cobb allegedly used a cellular telephone for procuring the use of a person, who was less than 18 years old at the time, in a sexual performance. On or about June 12, 2024, he allegedly, with the intent to intimidate, harass, annoy, or alarm the person, utilized social media to contact the child in a manner which caused annoyance and alarm and served no purpose of legitimate communication.
In May 2023, the SI ran a story confirming a middle school teacher reportedly had “inappropriate communication” with a high school student, and that the matter had been turned over to authorities to be investigated and any criminal prosecution. At the time of that news report, the teacher was no longer employed by Magoffin County Schools.
Cobb was arrested the same day he was indicted, held at the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, and released on a $25,000 cash bond the next day.
In the local case, a pretrial conference is still set for December 4 at the Magoffin County Justice Center.
Editor’s Note: The indictment or charge of a person by a grand jury or otherwise is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
