I have received messages about a local Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) area case of a child predator at a private Christian school, Grapevine Faith Christian School. This case has been completely missed by local media outlets for over 2 years. I’m genuinely shocked actually, especially with the widespread coverage of the recent arrest of Celina teacher and coach Caleb Elliott. As a parent and DFW resident I’m upset and angry it has been swept under the rug.
Allegedly Michael Bo Peacock of Denton, Texas, was quietly fired from Grapevine Faith Christian School in 2023. Based on a search of Peacock’s social media accounts, his latest activity was in late 2023. His social media accounts state that he was a High School Coach with @truetexashoops and Girls JV Head Coach/Varsity Assistant with Grapevine Faith HS (@gfcswbb). True Texas Hoops states on their website that it is an “elite basketball academy serving Dallas/Fort Worth families seeking a true basketball community.”
From my search, it appears that Peacock was arrested in November 2023.
On September 12, 2025, in a post at Justice.gov, the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana posted that Peacock pleaded guilty to “one count of conspiracy to produce child pornography and one count of enticing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity on November 21, 2024.” Peacock was the second defendant sentenced in this case.
His co-defendant, Daniel Perryman Collins, 35, of Pineville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to the same charges and was sentenced in February 2025 to 325 months (27 years, 1 month) in prison for these offenses.
Michael Bo Peacock was sentenced by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell to 480 months (40 years) in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for his involvement in a conspiracy to produce child sexual abuse material and the sexual exploitation of children. Peacock was also ordered to pay a fine in the amount of $50,000.
This case is the result of an investigation into individuals using the dark web to communicate with others regarding exploiting children on the internet and causing them to produce child pornography. From January to November 2023, Peacock and Collins, both together and individually, for their sexual gratification, caused minor children to produce child pornographic and sexually explicit images and videos of themselves by the use of threats and blackmail. Peacock conducted all of this illegal activity in the Dallas, Texas area, while Collins worked out of the Pineville, Louisiana area.
According to information introduced in court, Peacock and Collins both participated in meeting children and coercing/blackmailing the children to engage in sexually explicit conduct and to produce videos of that conduct. Peacock would often contact a minor victim online and through various social media platforms, he and Collins would convince the minor victim to engage in sexually explicit activity and provide a video of that conduct. Peacock and Collins would then blackmail and threaten the victims to provide additional sexually explicit material. As part of the conspiracy, Collins utilized advanced security measures so that those images and materials could not be traced back to himself or Peacock.
Peacock and Collins gave each other access to all of the child pornography they had caused minor victims to produce by obtaining an account with an overseas cloud-based file hosting service so they could post and share the child pornography images and videos that they had produced or obtained. Both defendants had an encryption key to use to access the material they had posted to the site. Through their investigation, agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) Child Exploitation Operational Unit determined that Peacock and Collins exploited over 100 child victims and caused them to create child pornography. These images and videos were posted to their shared file hosting account.
I have not been able to find any local Dallas/Fort Worth media outlet reports about this case. The only ones I can find are from the Justice Department and some Louisiana outlets.
KTVE/KARD covered this case on September 12, 2025.
LOUISIANA (KTVE/KARD) — A Texas man has been sentenced in federal court in Alexandria for his role in a disturbing child exploitation conspiracy that targeted over 100 victims across multiple states.
Our communities deserve better. I am thankful that there are people that trust me to share important information like this that affects the most vulnerable among us. However, where are our local news media outlets on these cases?
Have students and parents at Grapevine Faith been informed of their former coach’s firing and conviction? Did the school administrators notify parents? Did True Texas Hoops notify parents? Authorities state that Peacock recruited minor victims to exploit. He had access to many kids it seems through the years he coached in the DFW area. Peacock and his co-defendant Daniel Perryman Collins, 35, of Pineville, Louisiana exploited over 100 victims.
How long was he employed at Grapevine Faith school? How long at True Texas Hoops?
The executive leadership team at Grapevine Faith need to be questioned.
The executive staff of True Texas Hoops also need to be questioned.
The light of truth and knowledge is our greatest tool to protect kids.