Manatee County Sheriff’s Office detectives have arrested a Bayshore High School assistant football coach on a charge of soliciting sexual contact with a student.
On November 17, 2025, the parent of a 16-year-old student reported that Lagarius Spikes, 42, made sexually explicit comments to the student in his office at Bayshore High School and solicited sex. Spikes later sent explicit text messages to the victim.
Detectives gathered information from the victim and parent, including details of the conversations and phone messages from the past week. An audio-recorded conversation was part of the evidence reviewed by investigators. Detectives determined there was probable cause to charge Spikes with Soliciting Sexual Battery by an Authority Figure.
Spikes was taken into custody at his residence in Palmetto earlier today and booked into the Manatee County Jail.
The Manatee County School District, the Florida Department of Children and Families, and the Florida Abuse Hotline were notified.
According to investigators, there are no prior investigations involving similar allegations. The case remains active.