Man who was already charged with raping underage girls now faces even more charges of child rape and trafficking, DA says

John Jamar Cokley, 38, who once worked with at-risk teens and who was arraigned in April on child-rape and related charges, was indicted last week in a 30-count indictment that, among other things, accuses him of raping and trafficking minors and getting them to pose in the nude for photos, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

According to the DA's office, the charges related to five high school students Cokley met via Instagram - two of whom he raped two of them between fall of 2023 and March of this year.

A Suffolk Superior Court judge ordered Cokley held without bail until at least a dangerousness hearing on July 2 on the charges, the DA's office reports.

Cokley, who spent two years as a paraprofessional at Brighton High School and who was the "futures coordinator" at MissionSAFE, a non-profit that works with at-risk youth and their families in Boston, was formally charged with: Seven counts of sex trafficking of a child, five counts of aggravated rape of a child, one count of rape of a child by force, three counts of posing a child in a state of nudity, four counts of posing a child in a state of sexual conduct, four counts of enticing a child under 18 into commercial sex, two counts of inducing a minor to sell a controlled substance, one count of dissemination of harmful matter to a minor, possession of child pornography and purchasing child pornography.

The DA's detailed the activity that led to the indictment:

The investigation revealed Cokley surrounded himself with teenage girls, grooming them while exploiting their vulnerabilities and financial insecurities.

In March 2024, a local high school reported one of their students was being sexually exploited. Investigators from the Boston Police Human Trafficking Unit were provided with a series of Instagram messages between the student and Cokley exchanging naked videos and images, as well as discussing where Cokley would meet the student to have sex in exchange for money.

The ensuing investigation identified additional victims who reported being exploited and/or abused by Cokley. They described meeting Cokley through Instagram, where he used the username “Hiddenjewelsgh,” and being induced into sending naked videos and images in exchange for money.

Cokley randomly messaged the girls through Instagram and would compliment their appearance to make a connection. Cokley would offer the girls an “allowance” if they sent him naked images or videos. Cokley repeatedly requested to meet up in person to have sex in exchange for money. Additionally, Cokley asked two victims to sell marijuana.

Cokley was described as always wearing a black ski mask when engaging in sexual activity in exchange for money.

Cokley would often complain that the girls, who were typically in school, were not responding to him quick enough and threatened to take away their “allowance.” On one occasion, Cokley asked one of the victims to go into the school bathroom and take a naked video of herself and send it to him in exchange for money through CashApp.

Investigators found dozens of naked images and videos of the victims on both his phone and Instagram account. Cokley can be seen in multiple self-produced videos of child sexual abuse material.

Innocent, etc.