Brooklyn man admits to forcing NJ teen into prostitution

A Brooklyn antheral accused of inducing a teen to tally distant from a radical location has admitted to forcing the young unfortunate into prostitution, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey announced Tuesday.

Soauib Butcher, 30, pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of conspiracy to perpetrate enactment trafficking of a insignificant earlier U.S. District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz successful Newark.

Butcher met the unfortunate connected societal media, according to tribunal documents and statements made successful court.

In August 2019, helium convinced the teen to fly from a radical location successful Bridgewater, N.J., and conscionable him astatine a bid presumption successful Sommerville, immoderate 40 miles southwest of Manhattan.

Butcher past took him by bid to New York City, wherever helium instructed the unfortunate to execute oral enactment for wealth connected a rooftop successful Brooklyn, according to prosecutors.

The 2 stayed astatine Butcher’s Brooklyn residence for 3 days. On Aug. 17, Butcher told the unfortunate helium was going to present him to different idiosyncratic who would “teach [the teen] however to prosecute successful commercialized enactment acts,” according to the indictment.

The 2 past went backmost to New Jersey, wherever “the unfortunate stayed with Butcher and a conspirator successful a bid of motel rooms” successful Elizabeth from August 2019 to January 2020.

During that time, Butcher’s co-conspirator posted photos of the teen connected escort websites and facilitated encounters with customers, prosecutors said.

The 2 big men arranged for customers “to travel to the motels to person enactment with the unfortunate successful speech for money,” according to tribunal records.

Customers would either wage Butcher for the teen’s services straight oregon wage the victim, who would past crook implicit the wealth to Butcher.

During that time, Butcher paid for the motels and the victim’s nutrient and clothing, the indictment alleges.

Butcher was charged successful January with conspiracy to perpetrate kid enactment trafficking and related offenses. On Thursday, helium admitted to his relation successful the conspiracy, which carries a maximum word of beingness successful situation and a good of up to $250,000.

He’s scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected Feb. 19, 2025.