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CSEC in St. Albans, Queens, New York (2011)

A CSEC case from 2011 in St. Albans, Queens, New York, United States.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

William Johnson, age 50, also known as “Dollar Bill”, pleaded guilty April 14, 2011 to sex trafficking of a minor between August 2010 and September 2010. Defendant admitted to harboring a 15-year-old girl in his home in St. Albans, Queens, between August and September 2010, and having the victim work for him as a prostitute. As alleged in the government’s pleadings, the defendant generated customers for his prostitution business by posting advertisements listed under “erotic services” or “escort services” on Internet websites. The advertisements included photographs of scantily clad women or girls in suggestive poses. The defendant also took live videos of the women and girls engaging in pole-dancing in his St. Albans residence, which could then be accessed online for a fee paid by customers.

Response and intervention

On September 21, 2010, law enforcement executed a search warrant at the defendant’s residence and found two women who had engaged in prostitution for the defendant. Agents seized, among other items, two “stripper poles”and over 100 videotapes and DVDs, many of which contained video footage of the defendant engaging in sexual activity with young women and girls. Emancipation of victims is assumed, but was not reported. No report of aftercare for adult or minor victims. When sentenced, the defendant faces a minimum of 10 years’ imprisonment and a maximum of life imprisonment, as well as forfeiture of his residence and other property used in the commission of his criminal conduct. The government’s case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Licha M. Nyiendo, Melissa B. Marrus, and Kathleen A. Nandan.

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Source: Queens DA Press Release 4/15/10... http://www.queensda.org/newpressreleases/2010/april/gaston_campbell_4_14_2010.pdf The District Attorney identified the defendant as Woodley Gaston, 24, of 118-08 Rockaway Boulevard in Queens. Gaston was arraigned today before Queens County Supreme Court Justice Richard L. Buchter on an indictment charging him with sex trafficking, second- and third-degree promoting prostitution and second-degree assault. He is presently awaiting trial on another indictment charging him with sex trafficking, second- and third-degree promoting prostitution, third- degree rape, and endangering the welfare of a child. If convicted, the defendant faces up to 25 years in prison on each indictment. He was ordered held without bail. The District Attorney further stated that a second man, Archie Campbell, 23, of 128-03 North Conduit, in Queens, has been charged in the same indictment with third-degree promoting prostitution for allegedly acting as a pimp for the same victim during a three month period between September and December 2007. He faces up to seven years in prison if convicted. He was also arraigned before Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard L. Buchter and ordered held without bail.

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Borough of Queens, New York, United States, 2008

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