Tay’vion K. Like
Introduction
Tay’vion K. Like is a 25-year-old man from Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri, who was sentenced on October 22, 2026, to 10 years in federal prison for trying to have sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl from Jefferson County. U.S. District Judge Cristian M. Stevens imposed the sentence and also placed Like on supervised release for life after his release from prison, saying he was concerned about a prior conviction for indecent exposure and needed to protect children in the community. The judge additionally ordered Like to pay restitution to the victim of $1,210.
Background Information
In July 2025, Like was communicating with the teen via Snapchat. He asked for sexual contact with the victim even after she told him that she was 14; Like claimed he was 17. He then told her that he wanted to come to her house to engage in sexual activity. She told him not to come and said she would call police. When she discovered that he was outside her house on July 15, 2025, she tried to get him to leave and then told her father, who called the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies caught Like near the victim’s home.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Convicted and sentenced. Like pleaded guilty in July 2026 to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor and was sentenced on October 22, 2026, to 10 years in federal prison, lifetime supervised release, and $1,210 in restitution to the victim.
The conduct that brought the case was a month-long online pursuit that ended at the girl’s front door. Like pressed a 14-year-old for sexual contact after she stated her age, misrepresented himself as 17, and announced his intention to come to her home for sex. When she refused and warned him she would call police, he showed up anyway on July 15, 2025 — and ran only when she confronted him and told her father. Her decision to tell a parent, and her father’s call to the sheriff, put deputies at the scene fast enough to catch him nearby.
Like also admitted communicating in a sexual manner with other underage girls on Snapchat, a disclosure that widened the conduct beyond the single Jefferson County victim. At sentencing, Judge Stevens pointed to a prior conviction for indecent exposure as part of the reason for imposing a lifetime term of supervised release, citing the need to protect children in the community after the prison term ends.
Public Reaction and Consequences
The sentence was announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri, which credited the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI with the investigation; Assistant U.S. Attorney Jillian Anderson prosecuted the case. The office framed the prosecution as part of Project Safe Childhood, the Department of Justice’s nationwide initiative against child sexual exploitation, and the release lists the case under that program.
The consequences stack concretely: a 10-year federal prison term, then supervision for the rest of his life, plus a restitution order recognizing costs the victim incurred. The lifetime supervised release — justified on the record by the prior indecent-exposure conviction — means Like will remain under federal oversight into his seventies and beyond. No public statement from Like or his attorney is recorded in the announcement.
Current Status
Like, 25, is serving a 10-year federal sentence imposed October 22, 2026, by Judge Cristian M. Stevens in St. Louis, following his July 2026 guilty plea to coercion and enticement of a minor. After prison he begins a lifetime term of supervised release and owes $1,210 in restitution to the victim. The release does not state a designated facility, and no separate state charges are described.
Impact on Their Career/Life
At 25, Like’s choices on Snapchat in July 2025 — pressing a child who had told him her age, lying about his own, and then appearing at her house — converted into a decade in federal prison and permanent supervision afterward. The sentencing record ties the lifetime oversight to his prior indecent-exposure conviction, making him a documented repeat offender in the eyes of the court. The case stands in the Eastern District of Missouri’s Project Safe Childhood docket as an example of an online enticement stopped by a child who refused, told a parent, and called the sheriff.
Sources
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri, “St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Attempting Sexual Contact with Jefferson County Teen” — source