Carron Primus, Sex Trafficking, Missouri 2023

A 41-year-old Maryland Heights man has been sentenced to 38 months in prison for sex trafficking in St. Louis County.

Carron Primus, 41, of Maryland Heights, was sentenced by United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey on no specific date for one count of sex trafficking.

According to court documents, Primus met the victim through an online application installed on his and her phones on November 25, 2018. The victim was physically located at a Panera Bread Company restaurant in St. Louis County at the time of the meeting.

Primus planned to meet the victim at the Panera Bread and for her to travel with him to Farmington, Missouri, where Primus had to complete a drug test for his federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) supervision requirements.

During the drive to Farmington, Primus and the victim discussed the victim engaging in prostitution, including the need for a phone number, advertisements, and a location.

After returning from Farmington, Primus stopped at his mother's house to get a cell phone, then took the victim to an AT&T store to activate the cell phone. Primus informed the victim that the cell phone would be used to talk to her clients.

An advertisement for sexual services to be performed by the victim was posted online. Primus learned the victim was on her menstrual cycle and discussed with her oral sex with clients. He then drove the victim to Walmart to purchase tampons.

After Walmart, Primus drove the victim to hotels around the Saint Louis Lambert International Airport to check nightly prices. Primus selected the St. Louis Airport Inn located in St. Louis County, put the hotel room in his name, but informed the victim he had no intention of staying in the room.

Primus left the victim alone in the hotel room, where she was going to provide sexual services to clients. In Primus' absence, the victim ultimately left. The St. Louis County Human Trafficking Task Force was later alerted to this matter and responded.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and St. Louis County Human Trafficking Task Force investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Dianna Collins is handling the case.

Primus was ordered to pay more than $87,000 in restitution.

Primus' 38-month prison sentence is a result of his guilty plea to one count of sex trafficking.

Carron Primus, the 41-year-old Maryland Heights man, pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmo/pr/judges-sentences-st-louis-county-man-sex-trafficking-0