A Jacksonville man has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sex trafficking and operating a prostitution enterprise. Carrollton Levon Jenkins, 36, admitted to running the operation from the Jacksonville, North Carolina area between January 2017 and April 2022.
Court documents revealed that Jenkins, identified as a member of the UBN gang, managed a network that extended across at least 51 cities in 15 states. Authorities executed search warrants at his home and business in April 2022, seizing multiple phones as evidence. Investigators found that Jenkins used social media platforms to advertise victims and offer guidance to aspiring pimps on how to exploit women.
Jenkins coerced vulnerable women and girls into prostitution through manipulation, threats, violence, and control. Victims were forced to hand over their earnings and were required to have sex with numerous clients daily.
“This spider, just to make money, exploited these girls and women, exposing them to all manner of disease, depravity and bodily harm,” said U.S. Attorney Ellis Boyle. “Monsters who prey upon our mothers, daughters, sisters, and granddaughters have no place in our country, certainly not in the Eastern District of North Carolina. The Judge handed down the lengthy and appropriate sentence in this case based on the dedicated work of the FBI, our local partners, and federal prosecutors. The families in the Eastern District are safer because this pimp will spend decades in prison.”
"Children are not a commodity to be traded and exploited. The FBI and our partners will do everything possible to hold offenders accountable who prey on vulnerable people for their own profit," said Reid Davis, FBI Special Agent in Charge for North Carolina.
The sentencing was announced by Ellis Boyle following proceedings before U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III. The investigation was led by the FBI with prosecution by Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin C. Blondel.
