{"id":332152,"date":"2026-07-07T19:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332152\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T19:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:01:08","slug":"florida-boxing-coach-arrested-in-teen-sex-abuse-case-detectives-seek-other-vicims-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332152\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida boxing coach arrested in teen sex abuse case; detectives seek other vicims"},"content":{"rendered":"

OCALA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 An Ocala boxing coach is behind bars, accused of sexually abusing a teenage student for months, with investigators warning there may be more victims.<\/p>\n

The Marion County Sheriff\u2019s Office <\/a>says 64-year-old Juan Carlos Quintero-Barrios was arrested Monday on charges of lewd or lascivious molestation and eight counts of lewd or lascivious battery involving a victim between 12 and 16 years old.<\/p>\n

Deputies began investigating in June after the juvenile reported a series of alleged sexual assaults that started in September 2025.<\/p>\n

Investigators say the victim identified Quintero-Barrios, her former boxing coach at Doghouse Boxing Gym, as the person who abused her at multiple locations across Marion County, including two boxing gyms, his home, a hotel room and his vehicle.<\/p>\n

See also: Ex-code enforcement officer pleads guilty to bribery, ordered to pay $1,800<\/a><\/p>\n

Detectives say the victim provided detailed accounts of the alleged abuse and told investigators Quintero-Barrios repeatedly threatened that bad things would happen if she told anyone.<\/p>\n

According to the sheriff\u2019s office, Detective Zachary Elliott interviewed Quintero-Barrios on July 6. During the interview, investigators say he acknowledged he was the girl\u2019s coach and described her as a \u201ctroublemaker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Detectives say Quintero-Barrios was confronted with the allegations and hotel receipts connected to the investigation. Officials say he admitted to bringing a woman into a hotel room to cheat on his wife, but refused to identify her.<\/p>\n

Quintero-Barrios was arrested and booked into the Marion County Jail, where he remains held without bond.<\/p>\n

Investigators say, based on the allegations and his role as a boxing coach who worked with children, they believe there could be additional victims.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to contact Marion County Sheriff\u2019s Office Detective Zachary Elliott at (352) 671-3847.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OCALA, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 An Ocala boxing coach is behind bars, accused of sexually abusing a teenage student…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-332152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}