BOSTON —A Massachusetts man was sentenced 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sex trafficking four separate female victims, some of whom had North of Boston ties and suffered from addiction.
Trevor Jones, 47, of Everett, was also ordered to spend five years on supervised release following his prison sentence and to pay restitution in the amount of $639,500, according to a statement released by U.S. Attorney Leah Foley.
In May, Jones pleaded guilty to four counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. Jones was arrested on related state charges on March 23, 2023. He was indicted by a federal grand jury two months later.
In 2007, Jones was convicted of deriving support from prostitution, for which he received a sentence of two to five years in state prison. After completing his prison sentence in that case, Jones resumed trafficking women at least as early as 2016, authorities said.
From at least 2016 until 2023, Jones ran a sex-trafficking operation targeting victims who were suffering from substance use disorder. As part of his operation, Jones provided his victims with controlled substances, including heroin, fentanyl and cocaine, to intensify their drug dependence and gain their compliance, while prohibiting the victims from obtaining controlled substances from other sources, according to the statement.
Court records show Jones demanded “loyalty” and “dedication” from his victims, enforcing his requirements by punishing them with acts and threats of violence, and by withholding controlled substances from drug-dependent victims.
According to the statement, at times, to compel some women to follow his rules, Jones used his fists or other weapons – including a belt, cane, metal rod and pistol, according to court records. In one instance, the violence he inflicted on a victim resulted in a broken nose and missing teeth.
Further, it reads, Jones beat another victim with a belt causing bruising throughout her body. When confronted with the injuries he caused, Jones told the victim that she deserved the abuse. Jones was also verbally abusive toward another victim, locking her out of the house, demanding to know where her “loyalty” was and berating her for not “contributing everything” she was making.
Another victim experienced degradation from Jones, with him telling her that she needed to “make daddy proud” and scolding her for being “disobedient,” according to the statement.
“Justice was served … Trevor Jones’s decades-long criminal career is defined by his willingness to exploit women and profit from their pain,” Foley said. “He preyed on women struggling with addiction, fueled their dependence and inflicted violence and fear to maintain control. The victims in this case endured unimaginable abuse at his hands.”
Fley added, “This case is a stark reminder of the devastating intersection between drug trafficking and human trafficking, and why we will continue to aggressively pursue offenders who operate at that intersection. Today’s sentence should send a clear message that this office will dismantle those who traffic in human lives with the same relentlessness they show their victims.”
Ted E. Docks, the special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, said, “No sentence can ever make up for the significant harm this man inflicted, but it does punish him for his crimes and protects the public.”
Docks offered commendations to those involved.
“We thank the brave women who came forward in this case to help us put Trevor Jones behind bars for more than a decade,” he said. “This career criminal is both a predator and a coward, who manipulated and abused his victims, both physically and emotionally, and forced them to sell their bodies to strangers for his own financial gain.”
In response to the sentence, Col. Geoffrey D. Noble, superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, said we will “not tolerate this modern form of slavery in the Commonwealth. Whether we serve in public safety functions or in other professional services, each of us should educate ourselves to recognize the signs of exploitation, report them via 911 to police, and stand together in support of victims.”
Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker said it’s his hope “that the courageous women who came forward to help hold this defendant accountable get some measure of comfort and healing with today’s sentence. The criminal behavior exhibited by this defendant in preying upon vulnerable victims is deserving of the strong sentence he now faces.”
Essex County Assistant District Attorneys Jessica Strasnick and Marina Moriarty, who were sworn in as special assistant United States attorneys, were involved in the investigation.
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