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Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Girl at Kew Gardens Hotel

A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty to child sex trafficking Tuesday. The defendant was arrested at the Umbrella Hotel in Kew Gardens (Gmaps)

May 5, 2022 By Christian Murray

A Brooklyn man who trafficked a 16-year-old girl across Queens for sex—including at the now shuttered Umbrella Hotel in Kew Gardens—has pleaded guilty to an array of sex crimes and is expected to be sentenced to eight years in prison.

Jordan Adderley, 32, pleaded guilty Tuesday to sex trafficking of a child, sex trafficking, rape in the third degree and other crimes for manipulating a 16-year-old runaway to perform sex acts for money.

According to court records, Adderley met the victim in September 2020 and rented a room at the Hillcrest Hotel in Queens where he taught her how to make money by selling her body for sex. He also had intercourse and oral sex with the girl at the hotel.

Adderley, according to the authorities, drove the teen to various hotels in September and October 2020 to meet strangers who would pay for sex.

He was busted by an undercover NYPD unit while prostituting the teen at the now-defunct Umbrella Hotel, which was located at 124-18 Queens Blvd. Cops found him in the parking lot waiting for the victim. When officers nabbed him, he had dozens of glassines of cocaine in his possession.

“No one can undo the trauma inflicted upon this young teenager by this defendant’s callous actions, but as a result of his guilty plea, secured by my Office, the defendant will serve prison time and be held accountable for these egregious crimes,” said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz in a statement.

Supreme Court Justice Peter Vallone Jr. indicated that he would order Adderley to serve eight years in prison, to be followed by five years’ post-release supervision and require him to register as a sex offender.

Sentencing has been set for May 17.

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Captain Obvious

but but but the politicians told us these homeless-hotels were safe! Shootings, sex-trafficking, drug dealing, aggressive panhandling. Worst. Thankfully they finally are closing some of them.

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