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 show 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. Evidence indicated that Jenkins used social media platforms to advertise illegal sex services and offered training for aspiring pimps on how to exploit victims.
Investigators found that Jenkins targeted vulnerable women and girls through manipulation, threats, violence, and control. Victims were forced into prostitution under threat and required to surrender their earnings. According to information presented in court, some victims were coerced into sexual acts with numerous clients daily.
“This spider exploited these girls and women, just to make money, 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 case was investigated by the FBI with prosecution led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Erin C. Blondel.
