Bond Set at $250,000 for Coach Accused of Sending Sexual Texts to Players

Jason Lentz. Credit: Will County Clerk’s Office.

Bond was set at $250,000 Monday for a Bolingbrook soccer coach accused of having inappropriate text message conversations of a sexual nature with someone he believed to be a minor, the Will County State’s Attorney’s office said.

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Jason Lentz, 39, was arrested early Saturday at his home in the 1400 block of Firethorn Street by investigators from several jurisdictions, including the Will County State’s Attorney’s High Technology Crimes Unit, the Bolingbrook Police Department, the DuPage County Internet Crimes Unit and the Naperville Police Department’s High Technology Crimes Unit. The arrest came more than month after authorities began investigating allegations that he was sending the texts to juvenile girls.

Bolingbrook police said the alleged inappropriate texts were reported on Sept. 22. Lentz is a coach and vice president with the Bolingbrook Soccer Club, according to police.

Will County State’s Attorney’s office spokesman Chuck Pelkie said High Technology Crimes Unit investigators took over a minor’s text message account during the one-month investigation.

Lentz was charged with indecent solicitation of a child, solicitation to meet a child and unlawful grooming, all felonies.

Lents is being held at the Will County jail and must post $25,000 to secure his release while he awaits trial. Pelkie said he must also surrender his passport.

As a condition of his bond, Lentz is prohibited from having contact with the Bolingbrook Raiders, as well as with anyone under the age of 18, according to Pelkie, and he also cannot use the Internet except for work purposes.