Former Youth Hockey Coach Pleads Guilty To Sexual Exploitatin Of Child

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)- A former youth hockey coach has pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child.

Investigators said Zachary Meints sent thousands of sexual texts and Facebook messages over the course of several years to several children while they were under the age of 15.

Meints is a former coach for the Boulder Hockey Club and Rocky Mountain Rough Riders.

Meints, 24, pleaded guilty at the Boulder County Justice Center Wednesday morning. He will be sentenced in August.