{"id":51157,"date":"2025-11-25T01:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T01:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/51157\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T01:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T01:27:07","slug":"staten-island-man-sentenced-to-15-years-in-sex-trafficking-case-involving-14-year-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/51157\/","title":{"rendered":"Staten Island man sentenced to 15 years in sex trafficking case involving 14-year-old girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"AB26WHATOVHBVG2ECYPULT77XI\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A New Springville man was sentenced Monday to 15 years in federal prison in a sex-trafficking and coercion case involving a 14-year-old girl and other women in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ONCE6LW4FZHBFBB6P4YDW54CZI\">Justin Dixon, 34, was sentenced by Judge William F. Kuntz II at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, after pleading guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor and being in possession of a firearm. Dixon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/crime-safety\/2024\/11\/staten-island-gang-member-who-sex-trafficked-girl-14-pays-price-with-guilty-plea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pleaded guilty to the charges<\/a> in November 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VBBVWMYPOBFWXCF35UO6AUIIAI\">In January 2023, Dixon transported the minor victim and other women to a known prostitution area of Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn, referred to as the \u201cPenn Track\u201d or the \u201cBlade,\u201d according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/KYCCJJJXCJBGLJQINV52LCU5RI.jpeg\"  \/>Law enforcement officials said Dixon transported the minor and other women to a known prostitution area of East New York, Brooklyn, located off Pennsylvania Avenue between Flatlands Avenue and Linden Boulevard referred to as the &#8220;Penn Track&#8221; or the &#8220;Blade.&#8221;(Google Maps)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"A7YMMYKDU5AJ3FJTLTWONYJO64\">He forced them to engage in prostitution and demanded all proceeds be turned over to him, authorities said. Any resistance from the victims was met with violence, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RFJMHUL7T5FCND3QNN434PSDSY\">Dixon used social media and internet applications to recruit and groom his victims, according to authorities. Law enforcement officers said they rescued the 14-year-old girl, identified as Jane Doe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/crime-safety\/2023\/01\/youre-going-to-put-those-high-heels-on-allegations-detailed-in-shocking-staten-island-child-sex-trafficking-case.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/crime-safety\/2023\/01\/youre-going-to-put-those-high-heels-on-allegations-detailed-in-shocking-staten-island-child-sex-trafficking-case.html\">from a home on Richmond Hill Road in New Springville<\/a>, where she and other adult women were being held against their will.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"U6N4C7BTLRBUJFMJD7WQIDXZKE\">At the Staten Island townhouse, Dixon forced the women to cook for him, clean and bathe him, authorities said. He would not allow the women to be clothed inside the house and physically punished them if they disobeyed his rules, according to court documents. Despite being a convicted felon, Dixon possessed and brandished firearms in front of his victims, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"V333OVHWR5FWPGI7RCXHQJOWZE\">According to court documents, Dixon further abused the minor victim, whom he called \u201cTiny,\u201d by overfeeding her to make her appear older than her age. He forced her to take unidentified pills to increase her appetite and allegedly said he was arranging plastic surgery to also make her look older. The teen eventually managed to alert authorities to the abuses taking place in the townhouse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JE6LV7JNJBHF3BGLPK6FJ4ECGU\">\u201cToday\u2019s sentencing holds the defendant accountable for the violence and cruelty to women and children caused by his unthinkable actions,\u201d said United States Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. \u201cIt is the hope of our office that Dixon\u2019s extensive prison sentence brings some measure of comfort to his victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DLDJY5OHO5FU7NEJTC5S6CLYGE\">FBI Assistant Director in Charge Christopher G. Raia said Dixon \u201crepeatedly violated his victims\u2019 autonomy through degrading and manipulative grooming techniques designed to entrap them into his servitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"52HFVAD7HJGXRIB3JIPN27C3SM\">\u201cAnyone who would seek to profit through the abuse and exploitation of other people \u2013 especially our youth \u2013 will be held fully accountable,\u201d said NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. 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