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Miles and Lowery held the two victims, ages 16 and 17, at the JFK Inn Hotel on South Conduit Avenue between June 5 and June 12, 2020.
By Forum Staff
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Friday that a Jamaica man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sex-trafficking two teenage girls in 2020.
Tyrone “Angel” Miles, 32, along with co-defendant Bryant Lowery, 24, forced female victims to have sex with strangers for cash at the JFK Inn Hotel in Jamaica. An escape by one of the victims in June 2020 revealed the defendants’ ongoing criminal activities.
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“I commend these young ladies for their bravery during the course of this case,”
DA Katz said.
Miles pleaded guilty in October to two counts of sex-trafficking of a child before Queens Supreme Court Justice Peter Vallone, Jr. who imposed Friday’s determinate sentence of seven years in prison to be followed by five years’ post-release supervision. Lowery pleaded guilty in October to one count of sex-trafficking of a child and one count of sex trafficking and was sentenced in November to six years in prison to be followed by five years’ post-release supervision. Both defendants will also be required to register as sex offenders.
According to court records, Miles and Lowery held two victims, ages 16 and 17, at the JFK Inn Hotel on South Conduit Avenue between June 5 and June 12, 2020. The defendants threatened them with physical harm unless they participated in sexual acts in exchange for money. Miles threatened to kill the 16-year-old if she did not comply, and instructed her to tell customers she was an adult. The defendants kept the girls in separate rooms at the motel to meet customers paying for sex. The defendants monitored the victims in the motel room to prevent them from leaving and collected all the money. The 16-year-old girl was able to escape when Miles briefly left her alone. She fled to a commercial establishment and contacted her family.
“The defendant tormented and degraded his victims. I commend these young ladies for their bravery during the course of this case. The brutal exploitation they were subjected to, and that countless others are experiencing, is why the work of my Human Trafficking Bureau is so important,” Katz said.
