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Date: 05-14-2021
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Case Number: 7:19-CR-127
Judge: 7:19-cr-00127-D
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (Wake County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion.
Jesse Gabriel Marks wsa charged with Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud or Coercion.
According to court documents and other information presented in court, Marks, 38, prostituted hundreds of women, including at least one minor, over nearly two decades. He used drugs, including heroin and methamphetamine, to keep them dependent on and prostituting for him. After meeting Marks, many victims either developed addictions or deepened their addictions, ruining their health and, in many cases, their lives. Marks physically and emotionally abused many of the victims. He also gave women drug cocktails without their full knowledge and, once they were unconscious or nearly unconscious, sexually assaulted them. He recorded many of those sexual assaults on video.
G. Norman Acker, III, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III. The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and the Jacksonville Police Department investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Erin C. Blondel and Bryan Stephany prosecuted the case.
Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud or Coercion
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 360 months imprisonment, 5 years supervised release, $100 special assessment, no fine; BOP recommendations: substance abuse assessment/treatment, vocational/educational opportunities, mental health assessment/treatment, placement at FCI Butner. The sentence also requires Marks to pay $249,700 in restitution to multiple victims.
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