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The victim was forced into prostitution at this hotel on Northern Boulevard in Flushing.
By Forum Staff
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Thursday that a Manhattan man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to pimping a 16-year-old girl for several days inside a Flushing hotel in 2021.
Quan Raheem Booker, 30, pleaded guilty in November to sex-trafficking of a child before Queens Supreme Court Justice Peter Vallone, Jr., who sentenced Booker to 10 years in prison to be followed by five years’ post-release supervision. Upon his release, Booker will be required to register as a sex offender.
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“We will continue to use all resources necessary to make sure victims have the services they need to excel, but also to hold accountable those who force them into sex trafficking,” DA Katz pledged.
According to the charges, on Jan. 2, 2021, Booker checked into the One Hotel on Northern Boulevard, and rented two rooms from Jan. 2 to Jan. 6. At the hotel, Booker’s phone was used to contact dozens of johns, who were offered prostitution services with the victim and charged by length of time. The victim had sex for cash with several men, with the proceeds turned over to Booker. The teen victim was rescued as a result of an undercover operation during which she was offered for sex in exchange of $240. Booker was arrested in one of the hotel rooms with nearly $3,000.
“Undercover operations like this one are key in finding and helping girls that are trafficked,” Katz said. “We will continue to use all resources necessary to make sure victims have the services they need to excel, but also to hold accountable those who force them into sex trafficking. This defendant will serve 10 years.”
