Ex-Miami youth basketball coach sentenced after soliciting sexually explicit images of boy, exposing himself to second victim

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A former youth basketball coach in Miami pleaded guilty Thursday in connection to two cases in Miami-Dade County involving children.

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Charles Akim Williams was sentenced to nearly six ½ years in prison followed by 10 months of probation. A Miami-Dade County judge also ordered that he stay away from the victims.

In addition to pleading guilty to the 2025 cases, he also pleaded guilty to violating probation on a 2021 battery conviction. The battery charge was initially accompanied by lewd and lascivious charges that were later dropped.

Police confirmed that Williams had an open case in 2021 out of Miami-Dade County in which he was accused of molesting a 6-year-old boy.

The mother of one of the victims from the 2025 crimes addressed the court via Zoom Thursday, saying that she hopes Williams “gets what he deserves.”

In August 2025, Williams, then 27, was arrested on two counts of seducing or luring a child to engage in sexual conduct and one count of sexual performance by a child.

Authorities said the arrest followed an investigation in which a search warrant was obtained for Williams’ cellphone.

A forensic exam revealed a text conversation with a 13-year-old boy that included an image of the victim that was taken during a FaceTime call with Williams while the victim was showering on Feb. 20, 2025, according to an arrest report.

During a forensic interview at Kristi House, a children’s advocacy center, the victim told police that he had been texting with Williams for a couple of weeks, the report stated.

He told investigators that Williams, his former basketball coach, invited him to his home to play video games multiple times, but he declined, according to investigators.

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Police said the victim also said Williams asked him on two occasions to send pictures of his private area, which he refused.

The victim said that while he was showering, he received a FaceTime call from his 13-year-old friend and Williams on Feb. 20, 2025, according to the report.

Police said the victim got out of the shower to pick up his phone that was on a dresser and returned to the shower, exposing himself to the camera.

He later learned his friend had taken a screenshot and sent it to Williams via text message, the report stated.

On Aug. 8, 2025, authorities said the victim identified the photo that showed his genitals while he was in the shower.

Local 10 reported on Williams back in February 2025 after he was arrested on accusations that he exposed himself to a victim on a FaceTime call and sent the victim a pornographic video of a man and woman having anal sex, asking the victim if he thought he could do that.

That victim told police that he got scared and hung up the phone when Williams exposed himself to him, according to authorities.

The boy said he had met Williams a couple of weeks prior to the incident through a 14-year-old friend at the Gibson Community Center.

In that earlier case, he was charged with lewd and lascivious exhibition on a child under 16, lewd and lascivious conduct on a child under 16, electronic transmission harmful to minors in state, promoting sexual performance by a child and tampering with an informant.

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Local 10 News photojournalist Tim McFarland contributed to this report.