St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Attempting Sexual Contact with Jefferson County Teen

ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Cristian M. Stevens on Thursday sentenced a St. Louis County man to 10 years in prison for trying to have sexual contact with a Jefferson County 14-year-old.

Judge Stevens also placed Tay'vion K. Like, 25, 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. Judge Stevens also ordered Like to pay restitution to the victim of $1,210.

In July of 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. Like then told her that he wanted to come to her house to engage in sexual activity. She told him not to come, and that 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. Her father called the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. Deputies caught Like near the victim's home.

Like also admitted communicating in a sexual manner with other underage girls on Snapchat.

Like, of Bellefontaine Neighbors, pleaded guilty in July in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and the FBI investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jillian Anderson prosecuted the case.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Department of Justice Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.