Coil recruited teenager to give him ‘body rubs,’ police say

student had gone to him for help and gave him reason to believe she was a sex-trafficking victim.

Metro vice detectives began to investigate and, on Tuesday, arrested David Coil on one count of sex trafficking of a child under the age of 18, one count of attempted sex trafficking of a child and four counts of soliciting or engaging in child prostitution.

Metro Detective R. Wright (first names were not available) met with the girl, and she said that in October, when she was 16, she was seeking a job on the website Craigslist.com. She told police that she found an ad that read, “petite, young girls who could make $1,500 a day” and, “no sex involved.”

She responded to the advertisement and began communicating with Coil. She said she told Coil she was only 16, and he responded, “16 is fine” and the two agreed to meet at a Carl’s Jr. restaurant. After meeting, Coil drove the girl to his house and provided her with alcohol, and she TRAFFICKING,