Julian Titcomb, 21, a one-time volunteer basketball coach at a Valley elementary
school, had plans of joining the military -- but that's probably out of the question now that he's been convicted of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.
Back in March, Titcomb was booked into jail on eight counts of sexual conduct with a minor. This morning, he was in a Maricopa County Superior Court, where he pleaded guilty to three counts of child abuse.
Titcomb
was the victim's basketball coach at Saint Catherine's
Elementary School in 2010. By November of that year, the two became Facebook friends, according to court documents obtained by New Times.
At first, Titcomb would talk to the girl about joining the Army, and how
he wished she was older so they could hang out. Then he asked if they
could be "friends with benefits."
The girl agreed -- after asking
a friend what "friends with benefits" meant and being told it meant she
could have a boyfriend and still "talk" to Titcomb.
Titcomb
persuaded the girl to sneak out of her house, and in early February the
two met in a nearby field in the 6000 block of South 32nd Lane in Phoenix.
Titcomb asked if he could kiss the girl -- she told him no, but he persisted and ultimately convinced her to kiss him.
Then he told her he loved her and persuaded her to give him a handjob as the two sat parked in his car.
Between
February 1, and March 10, Titcomb, who told the girl he'd never had
oral sex before, persuaded the girl perform various sexual acts,
including oral sex and intercourse.
Then the girl's parents caught wind of the relationship and, as you might imagine, were upset.
The parents
found Facebook conversations their daughter had been having with
Titcomb, in which he tells their daughter, "I want to be inside you,
babe. I'll start out by fingering you and kissing your neck just the way
you like it."
The parents called the cops, and Titcomb was arrested.
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Titcomb's sentencing is scheduled for March 19.
