BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Oliver Kimmons, 51, of Lockport, NY, pleaded guilty to five counts of sex trafficking before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Meghan A. Tokash, Douglas A.C. Penrose, and Joel L. Violanti, who are handling the case, stated that over the course of three years, the defendant solicited young, and coerced opiate-addicted women to have sex with paying customers in exchange for drugs. Kimmons drove the victims to Western New York farms, dairies, and Indian reservations where they engaged in sex acts with paying customers. The defendant collected the money from customers and then “paid" his victims in heroin. Kimmons also had sex with the victims in exchange for drugs.
The plea is the result of an investigation by the Niagara County Sherriff’s Office and the Niagara County Drug Task Force, under the direction of Sheriff James Voutour; the Erie County Sherriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Timothy Howard; the Lockport Police Department, under the direction of Interim Chief Steven Preisch; the Drug Enforcement Administration, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Ray Donovan, New York Field Division; and Homeland Security Investigations, under the direction of Special Agent-in Charge Kevin Kelly.
Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 26, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. before Judge Vilardo.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
