St. Croix Man Who Paid Minor For Sex Gets Book Thrown At Him ... 10 Years Hard Time In Prison!

St. Croix Man Who Paid Minor For Sex Gets Book Thrown At Him … 10 Years Hard Time In Prison!

CHRISTIANSTED — A St. Croix man with a history of violence against women has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, with 15 years of supervised release, following his guilty plea to sex trafficking of a minor.

Zayvon Acoy, 31, arrested in January 2019 and charged with sex trafficking of children, after his 17-year-old girlfriend told investigators that he had twice sold her to another man for sex.

U.S. District Court Judge Wilma Lewis also imposed a fine of $1,000, a special assessment of $100 and an additional special assessment of $5,000. The court will schedule a mandatory restitution proceeding at a later date.

According to U.S. District Court documents, between May and June 2017, Acoy conspired to transport the minor from Peter’s Rest to a Beeston Hill residence for the co-defendant to engage in sexual activity as instructed by Acoy, and he received payment from the co-defendant, the document said.

This case was investigated by the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Everard Potter.