Man Extradited To Bucks Co. For Sex Trafficking 13-Year-Old Girl: DA

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — A Kentucky man has been extradited to Bucks County and charged in the sex trafficking of a 13-year-old girl that also involved two other men.

Zachary Lee McCauley, 29, of Louisville, KY., was formally arraigned Tuesday night on numerous sex trafficking charges. He is being held on $10 million bail in Bucks County Prison, authorities said.

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for July 31, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said..

The charges include one count each of trafficking in individuals, corruption of minors, unlawful contact with a minor, sexual abuse of children, and criminal use of a communication facility.

McCauley also faces three counts each of sexual exploitation of children, solicitation to commit statutory sexual assault, solicitation to commit involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, solicitation to commit patronizing victim of sexual servitude, solicitation to commit aggravated indecent assault, and solicitation to commit sexual abuse of children.

The charges stem from an investigation that found that McCauley groomed and coerced the victim into sexual encounters with two adult men in October 2024, authorities said.

Authorities said at least one of the encounters was video recorded via Snapchat.

McCauley allegedly arranged these encounters by communicating with multiple men through an online dating site.

The two other defendants are Jon Thomas Van Ingen, 67, of Buckingham Township, and Randy Francis Quinn, 42, of Coopersburg. Both are awaiting trial on their respective charges.

Van Ingen was charged with statutory sexual assault, while Quinn was charged with two counts of statutory sexual assault, photographing or filming a child sex act, and dissemination of photos or film of child sex acts.

The investigation began in February 2025 after the 13-year-old victim communicated with an individual on Snapchat who identified himself as "Jake," later identified as McCauley. McCauley allegedly solicited sexually explicit photos and videos from the victim and later coerced her into creating a fake online dating profile to arrange sexual encounters with men, authorities said.