A federal jury in Charleston, West Virginia, has convicted Tiwan Robert Bailey, also known as “Quick,” and Carrie Roy, also known as “Carrie Ash,” for their involvement in a sex trafficking conspiracy that operated in the Charleston and Rand areas of Kanawha County. The verdict was reached on September 29, 2025, following a five-day trial.
According to evidence presented during the trial, Bailey trafficked four female victims between November 2023 and July 2024. Among the victims was a 17-year-old girl. The prosecution demonstrated that Bailey required each victim to engage in commercial sex acts and turn over all earnings to him. He coerced adult victims through threats and violence, including sending threatening messages via Facebook Messenger and committing physical assaults and sexual assaults. Bailey also supplied drugs to victims with substance use disorders and withheld drugs as punishment.
The trial further revealed that Bailey attempted to obstruct the federal investigation by interfering with potential cooperation from the minor victim. Roy was found to have aided Bailey by conspiring with him in trafficking the minor and transporting three adult victims for commercial sex acts. She also collected money from these acts for Bailey.
After a warrant for his arrest was issued on July 23, 2024, Bailey became a fugitive until he was apprehended by the United States Marshals Service on January 17, 2025, in Lexington, Kentucky.
The jury found both Bailey and Roy guilty of one count each of sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor. Additionally, Bailey was convicted on three counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, and one count of obstruction of justice.
Sentencing is scheduled for February 9, 2026. Bailey faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years up to life imprisonment; Roy faces at least 10 years up to life.
“Bailey was particularly brutal in his mistreatment of the victims of this case, subjecting them to violent threats and assaults. Sex trafficking is a depraved crime of exploitation, and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia is committed to delivering justice for the victims of sex trafficking,” said Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston. “I commend the U.S. Department of Homeland Security-Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Charleston Police Department, the United States Marshals Service, and the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office for their investigative work in this case, and the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT) and the West Virginia Fusion Center for the assistance they provided. I also commend Assistant United States Attorneys Jennifer Rada Herrald and Jennifer D. Gordon and our trial team for securing guilty verdicts on all counts against Bailey and Roy.”
United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin presided over the trial proceedings.
Additional information about this case can be found through PACER by searching Case No. 2:24-cr-118 on related court documents.
