First Published: 9:40 AM PDT, May 19, 2021
Jesse Marks was convicted of drugging and trafficking hundreds of women over two decades near Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
A Marine veteran who drugged and prostituted hundreds of women over the past two decades has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Jesse Gabriel Marks, 38, trafficked as many as 600 women after getting them hooked on narcotics near Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, authorities said.
Marks preyed on women and at least one minor. “He used drugs, including heroin and methamphetamine, to keep them dependent on and prostituting for him,” said the U.S. Attorney s Office in a statement.
Major sex trafficking case could trigger investigations of North Carolina Marines 2 days ago Jesse Gabriel Marks, 38, a Marine veteran, was arrested on drug charges in 2019 and later confessed to drugging and prostituting hundreds of women over two decades near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. (Onslow County Jail) A Marine veteran turned drug-dealing sex trafficker already has been sent to prison but evidence from the investigation is headed to police agencies in and around Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, that could help identify his clients, both civilian and military. On May 7, Jesse Gabriel Marks, 38, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for drugging and prostituting an estimated 300 women throughout two decades in Onslow County, North Carolina ― home to Camp Lejeune, one of the largest Marine Corps bases.
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Former Marine Who Pleaded Guilty to Decades of Sex Trafficking Sentenced to 30 Years
In this March 19, 2013 file photo, the globe and anchor stand at the entrance to Camp Lejeune, N.C. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File)
14 May 2021
A former Marine from Jacksonville, N.C., was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison for the sex trafficking of hundreds of women over nearly two decades.
Jesse Gabriel Marks, 38, pleaded guilty last September to charges of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, the U.S. Attorney s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina said in a May 7 release.
He was sentenced May 7 to 360 months in prison and must pay $249,700 in restitution to several victims, the release states.