MIAMI — A former youth basketball coach is facing additional child sex abuse charges after Miami police say he received and saved an explicit image of a 10-year-old boy taken during a FaceTime call.
Jail records show Charles Akim Williams, 27, is facing 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, according to an arrest report.
During a forensic interview at Kristi House, a halfway house located in Miami, 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.
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, 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, 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 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 faces charges of 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.
The victim’s family initially believed Williams was a basketball coach at the Belafonte-Tacolcy Center.
The victim’s stepfather contacted the athletic director to verify Williams’ information and phone number, which the park commissioner then confirmed.
However, a man claiming to be the athletic director later told Local 10 News back in February that Williams “does not and has not ever coached for Belafonte TACOLCY Center.”
The athletic director then refused to answer Local 10’s questions in person.
It’s unclear which organization/park Williams was coaching for.
Records show Williams is currently on probation for a Palm Beach County case and was expected to complete his probation on Feb. 21, 2026.
In another case from 2021 in Miami-Dade County, police said Williams molested a 6-year-old boy.
Williams remained on a magistrate hold and has been jailed at the Metrowest Detention Center since February.
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