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Former Red Sox Draftee Sentenced for Online Child Solicitation

9/13/2025

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Austin Maddox, 34, received a three-year prison sentence and five years of sex offender probation for soliciting a minor online.
He was arrested by a Jacksonville SWAT team on April 28, 2024, while trying to meet the minor for sex.
Maddox pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a two-way communications device and traveling to meet a minor for unlawful acts.
A charge of soliciting a child via computer was dismissed in a plea deal.
Maddox, a Jacksonville native, was drafted by the Red Sox in 2012.

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Austin Maddox, 34, received a three-year prison sentence and five years of sex offender probation for soliciting a minor online.
He was arrested by a Jacksonville SWAT team on April 28, 2024, while trying to meet the minor for sex.
Maddox pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a two-way communications device and traveling to meet a minor for unlawful acts.
A charge of soliciting a child via computer was dismissed in a plea deal.
Maddox, a Jacksonville native, was drafted by the Red Sox in 2012.