MONTGOMERY, TX — A former Little League baseball coach will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was convicted of sexually abusing a child, according to Houston’s KPRC-TV.
Larry Cole, 63, was found guilty on Wednesday and was sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors alleged that Cole may have sexually abused more than a dozen boys between 2005-2015.
The first victim came forward in 2015 and in 2017 Cole pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two boys between 2005-2006, according to KPRC. He copped a plea deal and served just five years of probation in addition to registering as a sex offender.
In the latest case, the district attorney’s office alleged that Cole used toys, money, games, and even his own children to lure others to his home. Cole also reportedly distributed alcohol to minors.
“My son cried out when he graduated high school and he had an abuse problem with drugs and alcohol,” one mom reportedly told KPRC. “We found out that this man was giving our kids alcohol without us knowing.”
“It wasn’t just my child. Right now, we are finding out there was minimum of five or six and we know there is more out there,” another parent said.
One mother even said Cole snuck into her son’s bedroom in the middle of the night.
“There is no doubt there is more out there,” a father of one of Cole’s victims said. “I’m going to guesstimate there’s some more young men that are out there that are afraid to say something because of their age in life now, but it’s alright to come forward. Everybody needs to have justice and have that clear piece of mind.”
KPRC reported that Cole will be eligible for parole in 30 years.
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