Ray Edward COAST Charged With Conspiracy to Retaliate and Additional Child Pornography Counts
Additional charges filed March 20, 2026 allege Ray Edward COAST conspired to retaliate against a victim and possessed multiple child pornography images and videos; he was arraigned and bail for this complaint was set at $150,000 while he remains held on $3 million in related sex-crime cases.
District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer announced March 20, 2026 that additional charges were filed against Ray Edward COAST, who is already held on $3 million in earlier sex-crime cases. The new criminal complaint charges COAST with two counts of conspiracy to retaliate against a victim, criminal use of a communication facility, four counts of photographing/filming sexual abuse of children, and five counts of sexual abuse of children, and alleges he conspired with Peter ROSS to contact a victim’s employer and post to an anonymous social media page to discredit the victim. The complaint also alleges COAST videotaped himself engaging in sexual intercourse with a minor boy and possessed images of two boys who appear to be between 8 and 10 years old; he was arraigned and bail on this complaint was set at $150,000 while he remains incarcerated on $3 million in separate cases; all persons charged are presumed innocent.