05
May
NYC Man Sentenced to Prison for Sex Trafficking 16-Year-Old Girls
A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to sex trafficking of a child for forcing two 16-year-old girls to engage in prostitution.
Steven Bell, 36, of Flatbush, Brooklyn, will not only spend a decade in prison, but was also sentenced to five years’ post-release supervision, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced. Bell will have to register as a sex offender.
According to the district attorney, citing the investigation, a 16-year-old girl who was living in a residential facility outside of New York City left the facility