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N.C. man sentenced to 3 decades in prison for trafficking over 300 women Jesse Marks (Source: WITN via Onslow County Sheriff s Office) By Liam Collins | May 18, 2021 at 4:56 PM EDT - Updated May 19 at 11:52 AM
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - A drug investigation led to the sentencing of a Jacksonville man law enforcement say led a massive sex trafficking operation in Onslow County and on Camp Lejeune.
Jesse Marks, 38, a former Marine, was sentenced to 30 years in prison earlier this month for what police call his essential role in an extensive prostitution ring, which investigators believe countless active-duty Marines were clients.
“Jesse Marks was using his experience as having been a Marine to teach his victims how to get Marines on base to either buy drugs or buy prostitution from him,” said Erin Blondel, the assistant U.S. attorney who helped prosecute the case.