Earlier today in Brooklyn federal court, Justin Dixon was sentenced to 15 years in prison for coercion and enticement of a minor and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge William F. Kuntz, II handed down the sentence after Dixon pleaded guilty to the charges in November 2024.
According to prosecutors, Dixon operated as a pimp and used violence and threats against women and minors, including victims as young as 14 years old, to force them into commercial sex acts. He recruited his victims through social media and other internet applications, then manipulated them into prostitution for his financial benefit.
United States Attorney Joseph Nocella, Jr., FBI Assistant Director in Charge Christopher G. Raia, and NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced the sentencing.
“Today’s sentencing holds the defendant accountable for the violence and cruelty to women and children caused by his unthinkable actions,” stated United States Attorney Nocella. “It is the hope of our Office that Dixon’s extensive prison sentence brings some measure of comfort to his victims.”
Nocella also thanked the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office for their assistance during the investigation.
“Justin Dixon forced multiple women, including a 14-year-old minor, to engage in sexual acts for his own financial gain, wielding threats of violence to maintain control,” stated FBI Assistant Director in Charge Raia. “Dixon repeatedly violated his victims’ autonomy through degrading and manipulative grooming techniques designed to entrap them into his servitude. May today’s sentencing emphasize the FBI’s commitment to continued collaboration with our law enforcement partners to hold accountable any sexual predator who targets and uses others for personal financial enrichment.”
“Today’s sentencing further affirms the NYPD’s unwavering commitment to protecting the survivors of sex trafficking,” stated NYPD Commissioner Tisch. “And the message is clear: Anyone who would seek to profit through the abuse and exploitation of other people – especially our youth – will be held fully accountable. I thank and commend our NYPD investigators, as well as our partners at the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District, for their tireless work in bringing this criminal to justice.”
Court documents show that in January 2023, Dixon forced a 14-year-old minor referred to as Jane Doe—and other women—to commit commercial sex acts at an area known locally as “Penn Track” or “the Blade” off Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. He demanded all proceeds from prostitution be turned over to him; resistance was met with violence.
Law enforcement rescued Jane Doe from a Staten Island house where she was held with other adult females against their will by Dixon. At this location, he enforced strict rules—forcing them not only into prostitution but also making them cook, clean, bathe him, remain unclothed inside the house under threat of physical punishment if they disobeyed—and brandished firearms despite being previously convicted of a felony.
Dixon further abused Jane Doe by calling her “tiny,” overfeeding her so she would appear older than her age, forcing her to take unidentified pills intended to increase her appetite, and stating plans for plastic surgery so she would look older.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lorena Michelen from the Human Trafficking and Civil Rights Section.
