Earlier today, Justin Dixon was sentenced to 15 years in prison at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn. Judge William F. Kuntz, II, issued the sentence after Dixon pled guilty in November 2024 to coercion and enticement of a minor and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
According to court documents, Dixon operated as a pimp and used violence and threats against women and minors, including victims as young as 14 years old. The government’s sentencing memorandum detailed that in January 2023, Dixon forced his victims into commercial sex acts for his financial benefit. He transported them to an area off Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn—known locally as the “Penn Track” or “Blade”—where he demanded all proceeds from prostitution be turned over to him. Any resistance was met with violence.
Authorities reported that Dixon recruited Jane Doe—a 14-year-old minor—and other women through social media and internet applications. He groomed and manipulated them into prostitution. In January 2023, law enforcement rescued Jane Doe from a Staten Island house where she and other adult females were held against their will by Dixon. Inside the house, Dixon enforced strict rules: the women were not allowed clothing indoors and faced physical punishment if they disobeyed. They were also forced to cook, clean, and bathe him.
Despite having a prior felony conviction, Dixon possessed firearms which he brandished before his victims. He further abused Jane Doe by calling her “tiny,” overfeeding her to make her 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.
Joseph Nocella, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Christopher G. Raia, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office; and Jessica S. Tisch, Commissioner of the NYPD announced the sentence.
“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.”
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lorena Michelen from the Human Trafficking and Civil Rights Section.
Dixon is 34 years old and from Staten Island.
