A Federal Way man was sentenced on Oct. 15 to six months in prison for sexually exploiting offenses against minors on a local cheerleading team.

Jeffrey Mendoza, 36, pleaded guilty on Sept. 15 to two counts of communication with a minor for immoral purposes and second-degree assault with intent to commit sexual exploitation of a minor, according to the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation of Seattle.

Mendoza must also register as a sex offender and pay a $600 fine. Several of Mendoza’s teenage cheer students told law enforcement that Mendoza, a former Celebrity Cheer Unlimited coach, had lured them to various Airbnb rental properties in the Puget Sound area on separate occasions with the promise of taking modeling photos in 2018.

At the rental properties, Mendoza convinced them to either remove their clothing or wear sheer lingerie and pose in a sexually explicit manner while he photographed them, according to the FBI. Two of the victims were 16 at the time of their abuse, and another victim was 15. Mendoza also verbally abused, intimidated and humiliated girls in front of teammates if they were not compliant. The girls said they complied because they were afraid of him due to his emotional outbursts and threat of public humiliation, according to the FBI.