NEW YORK, NY – Police in New York City are searching for a fugitive co-consipirator in a sex trafficking case involving a 16-year-old girl in Brooklyn.
According to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, a man and a woman have been indicted for the sex trafficking of a 16-year-old girl. An arraignment was held Thursday for the male defendant. His female co-defendant has not yet been apprehended.
According to the District Attorney, the defendant is Kaelin Alexander, a.k.a. Chantz, 23, of Staten Island.
Both defendants are charged with sex trafficking of a child, promoting prostitution in the second, third, and fourth degree, and endangering the welfare of a child in a 12-count indictment. Today,
The District Attorney said, according to the investigation, between August 7, 2022 and August 19, 2022, the defendants made the victim, a 16-year-old girl, engage in prostitution in exchange for money in East New York, Brooklyn. The defendants waited in Alexander’s car while Alexander walked the track on Pennsylvania Avenue, an area known for prostitution activity.
District Attorney Gonzalez said, “These defendants allegedly took advantage of a teenage girl, forcing her to repeatedly engage in sex with several men in exchange for money that the defendants took from her. We have no tolerance for this kind of outrageous conduct, and I will continue to hold accountable anyone who criminally exploits vulnerable youth in Brooklyn.”
Moreover, it is alleged that Alexander and his co-defendant had an altercation on or about August 20, 2022, during which the co-defendant left the vehicle. In the subsequent period, it is alleged that the victim began engaging in prostitution solely for the purpose of giving Alexander the earnings she earned.”
In addition, the New York City Police Department received information regarding possible sex trafficking of a 16-year-old girl as a result of the investigation. An investigation was initiated, and an undercover operation on October 17, 2022, resulted in the discovery of the victim.
An investigation was conducted by Detective Denis Regimbal of the Human Trafficking Squad of the New York City Police Department, under the supervision of Sergeant Robert Duplessis, Lieutenant Amy Capogna, and Captain Thomas Milano.
Alexander was arraigned before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun, who set bail at $50,000 in cash or $350,000 in bonds. In accordance with the court’s order, the defendant must return to court on January 23, 2023. In the event he is convicted of the top count, he faces up to 25 years in prison and will be required to register as a sex offender.