US man charged with sex-related crimes, used Instagram to lure teens

An assistant district attorney said in a statement that Cokley sexually exploited three teens using the social media site Instagram. — Image by freepik

A Boston man is being held pending a dangerousness hearing following an arraignment Thursday on several sex-related charges, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office.

John Jamar Cokley, 38, was arraigned in Dorchester’s division of the Boston Municipal Court on charges of sex trafficking of a person under 18, rape of a child by force, three counts of aggravated statutory rape, posing a child in a state of sexual conduct, two counts of causing a minor to distribute a drug and possession of child pornography, according to a statement Sunday morning from the district attorney’s office.