{"id":4931,"date":"2026-07-01T05:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=4931"},"modified":"2026-07-01T05:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:07:16","slug":"pinellas-county-football-coach-arrested-after-3-month-relationship-with-14-year-old-girl-deputies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=4931","title":{"rendered":"Pinellas County football coach arrested after 3-month relationship with 14-year-old girl: Deputies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>CLEARWATER, Fla.<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>A Pinellas County football coach was arrested on Tuesday for having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old girl, according to deputies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=4930\">Fourth of July fireworks could trigger influx of lost pets at Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<h2>Football coach arrested<\/h2>\n<p>What we know:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>The Pinellas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said they received information identifying Reginald Seay, 39, as the one having an inappropriate relationship with the 14-year-old girl. He was a volunteer football coach for Tarpon Springs Jr. Spongers when he met the victim, who was 13 years old at the time, on the football field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Detectives said Seay spent more than three months texting the 14-year-old girl, sending her sexually explicit messages and even exposing himself to her over FaceTime. He even told the teen to delete their text messages, because the conversations could &#8220;put him in jail,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Investigators said they arrested Seay at his Clearwater home on Tuesday and took him to PCSO&#8217;s Largo headquarters, where he admitted to the allegations during an interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=4926\">\u2018Liberty by the Bay\u2019: Tampa to mark America\u2019s 250th anniversary with expanded Fourth of July celebration<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Seay is now facing one count of harmful communication to a minor. Deputies said he was taken to the Pinellas County Jail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<h2>Active investigation<\/h2>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>What you can do:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains active, and Pinellas County deputies are urging anyone with information related to this case to contact Corporal K. McKee at (727) 582-5827.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=4922\">Gov. 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