CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man wanted for sex trafficking is now in state custody after a five month long investigation.
United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia Will Thompson held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to announce the arrest of Tiwan Robert Bailey, 48, of Charleston.
Bailey, who also went by the name “Quick” was wanted on federal charges related to the sex trafficking of multiple victims, including a minor, and trying to obstruct the investigation and prosecution of those crimes. 
Thompson said indictments for Bailey are now open after being sealed for a while until he could be caught and arrested, but he was officially charged with the crimes on July 23, 2024 and a warrant for his arrest issued on July 30, 2024. He said Bailey has been evading capture since that time.
“Normally it doesn’t take five to six months to find someone unless they’re doing something to evade the capture or they have a lot of help, so I don’t want to go any further into that because there could be additional charges forthcoming, but yes, he was very active in trying to avoid this arrest,” Thompson told media.
Thompson said they couldn’t get into the details of Bailey’s arrest at this time, but said it was a high priority case with multiple law enforcement agencies involved including U.S. Marshals, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, and Homeland Security Investigations.
“This is once again a great example of what happens when agencies work together,” he said. “This was someone we’ve been looking for for a long time and we were able to capture him last Friday, so I’m going to give a lot of credit to law enforcement because a lot of credit is due.”
Thompson said there were four victims in total, including a minor, involved in the case that took place in Kanawha County near Charleston and Rand.
He said two other defendants in the investigation have previously been arrested and are currently being detained, Carrie Roy, also known as “Carrie Ash”, 51, of Charleston and David Lee White, 68, of Charleston.
Thompson said White was a former lawyer whose law license was annulled in 2018 by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
He said the six-count superseding indictment alleges Bailey and Roy aided and abetted each other to recruit, entice, harbor, provide, obtain, maintain, patronize and solicit a minor victim to participate in a commercial sex act in December 2023.
Tuesday, Thompson said Bailey waived all of his hearings in the eastern district of Kentucky after being captured last Friday in Lexington. He said he will be transported back to West Virginia sometime this week or early next week for arraignment.
Sheriff Joe Crawford with Kanawha County Sheriffs Office said the teamwork between their agency, the U.S Marshals and the U.S. Attorney’s Office has never been stronger, and being able to catch dangerous criminals like Bailey is all due to that.
“What you see is just great teamwork, there’s no individuals in this, it’s all about coming together as one and making sure we are able to apprehend and catch those people that need to be taken off the street,” Crawford said. “So, if you think that we’re not out there, rest assured and I promise you that we’re not going to stop until we get you.”
U.S. Deputy Marshal Derrick Williams agreed, it couldn’t have been done without the teamwork between the agencies.
“This was a group effort, multi-agency cooperation is the reason we were able to catch this guy,” added Williams.
The Metro Drug Enforcement team as well as the West Virginia Fusion Center also assisted with the investigation.
Bailey is charged with four counts of sex trafficking, one count of obstruction, and one count of conspiracy. He faces a minimum of 15 years in prison and up to life if convicted.