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This article was originally crafted by Brady Flanigan, editor of the Trussville Tribune.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (TRIBUNE) — A notorious sex trafficking network operating within Alabama has led to the sentencing of five individuals on Thursday, March 19, with combined prison terms amounting to nearly 120 years, as confirmed by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The operation was spearheaded by Kimani Jones, a 32-year-old from Montgomery, who went by the alias “Statik.” Jones received a 54-year prison sentence. His father, Tremayne Lambert, aged 50 and also from Montgomery, known as “Bayrock,” was handed a 30-year sentence. Following a five-day trial in October 2025, both Jones and Lambert were found guilty on several charges related to sex trafficking. Additionally, the court mandated Jones to pay $1,010,926.50 in restitution to the victims, while Lambert was ordered to pay $510,850.
Three other accomplices, who had earlier entered guilty pleas, were also sentenced for their roles in the illicit activities. Joseph Keon Bowe, 39, from Notasulga, received a sentence of 235 months in prison, with a restitution order of $3,200. Daryle Gardner, 32, from Marbury, was sentenced to 195 months and required to pay $5,000 in restitution. Aleecia Scott, 30, from Dothan, was given a 36-month probation sentence and ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution.
The Justice Department revealed that evidence presented at trial demonstrated Jones’s leadership of the commercial sex ring, which operated for five years. The operation utilized violence, threats, drugs, and intimidation to exploit and control seven victims, including two minors.
Prosecutors said Jones arranged hotel rooms where commercial sex acts occurred, provided food, clothing and drugs to victims, created and posted online advertisements, communicated with customers, set prices and dictated where victims lived and worked.
Authorities said Jones used repeated violence to enforce control. Evidence presented at trial showed he physically assaulted victims, sexually assaulted them, threatened family members and possessed, brandished and discharged firearms in front of them. Prosecutors also said he used victims’ addiction to heroin and methamphetamine to compel them to continue engaging in commercial sex acts for his profit.
Lambert was accused of helping facilitate the operation by monitoring victims and enforcing rules set by Jones. Prosecutors said Bowe, Gardner and Scott served in various roles including enforcers, monitors and drivers.
Jones was convicted of two counts of sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud and coercion; five counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion; one count of interstate transportation of a minor for purposes of prostitution; and one count of interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution.
Lambert was convicted of three counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion. Bowe and Gardner pleaded guilty to sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, while Scott pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and the Montgomery Police Department.
The case was prosecuted by Trial Attorney Kate Alexander of the Justice Department’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Tara Ratz for the Middle District of Alabama.
Anyone with information about human trafficking can contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888.