Everett man pleads guilty to sex trafficking four victims

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts, on May 15, 2025, an Everett man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to four counts of an indictment charging him with sex trafficking four separate female victims. Trevor Jones, 47, pleaded guilty to four counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs scheduled sentencing for Aug. 12, 2025.

In May 2023, Jones was indicted by a federal grand jury. Jones was arrested on related state charges on March 23, 2023, and has remained in state custody since.

According to the charging documents, from at least 2016 until 2023, Jones ran a sex trafficking operation targeting victims who were suffering from substance use disorder. As part of his sex trafficking operation, Jones provided his victims with controlled substances, including heroin, fentanyl and cocaine, to intensify their drug dependance and gain their compliance while prohibiting the victims from obtaining controlled substances from other sources. Jones demanded “loyalty” and “dedication” from his victims.

Allegedly, he enforced his requirements by punishing victims with acts of violence, threats of violence and withholding controlled substance from drug-dependent victims. As outlined in court, Jones beat one victim with a belt — causing bruising throughout her body. When confronted with the injuries he caused, Jones told the victim that she deserved the abuse. Jones was verbally abusive toward another victim, locking her out of the house, demanding to know where her “loyalty” was and berating her for not “contributing everything” she was making. Another victim experienced degradation from Jones, with him telling her that she needed to “make daddy proud” and scolding her for being “disobedient.”

The charge of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years and up to life in prison, at least five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes that govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case.

The May 15 case announcement was made by the following: U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley; the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Division, Kimberly Milka; Massachusetts State Police Superintendent Colonel Geoffrey D. Noble; and Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker. Valuable assistance was provided by the Revere, Arlington and Boston Police Departments. The U.S. Attorney’s Office Chief of the Human Trafficking & Civil Rights Unit, Elizabeth Riley, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Torey B. Cummings of the Human Trafficking and Civil Rights Unit are prosecuting the case along with Essex County Assistant District Attorneys Jessica Strasnick and Marina Moriarty, who were sworn in as Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys.