Three Defendants Sentenced for Sex Trafficking of a Child

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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Three Defendants Sentenced for Sex Trafficking of a Child

Defendants Variously Trafficked Three Teenage Girls in Brooklyn and North Carolina

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that three men charged in connection with trafficking teenage girls in Brooklyn and North Carolina have been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison. They previously pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a child.

District Attorney Gonzalez said, "These sentences deliver justice for the victims and reaffirm our commitment to protect vulnerable young people from predators who traffic and abuse them. My office will continue to stand with survivors and hold traffickers fully accountable for the pain and harm they cause through this type of exploitation."

The District Attorney identified the defendants as Mylord Williams, 37, of the Bronx, Terrel Chery, 29, of Nassau County, and Kinard Oliver, 28, of Brooklyn. All three defendants pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a child. Chery and Oliver also pleaded guilty to fourth-degree conspiracy.

Chery was sentenced today by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun to 12 years in prison, five years' post-release supervision, and he must register as a sex offender upon release from prison. Oliver was sentenced by Justice Chun on August 12, 2026 to eight years in prison, five years' post-release supervision, and he must register as a sex offender upon release from prison. Williams was sentenced by Justice Chun on June 24, 2026 to six years in prison, five years' supervised release, and he must register as a sex offender upon release from prison.

The District Attorney said that, according to the investigation, in July 2022 Williams rented two rooms in East New York, Brooklyn, and along with Chery, sex trafficked a 17-year-old girl, posting commercial sexual advertisements of her and collecting all the money she made by engaging in prostitution through October 2022.

Furthermore, in October 2024, a 15-year-old victim who had also been sex trafficked was identified, and further investigation revealed that Williams, Chery, and Oliver conspired to engage in the sex trafficking of additional minors in Brooklyn and North Carolina.

The defendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced in connection with the following additional incidents:

• Williams and Oliver sex trafficked a 17-year-old victim in Brooklyn in August 2024. That victim texted a friend asking for help and NYPD officers responded to the location. The investigation revealed that her trafficking had been going on since the beginning of February 2024.
• In October 2024, Chery and Oliver transported a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old female to North Carolina where they engaged in prostitution in various cities and were required to give a portion of their earnings to Chery and Oliver.

The case was investigated by now retired New York City Police Department Detective Kevin Deleon, along with now retired Detective James Rufle of the joint FBI-NYPD Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force and citywide Human Trafficking Squad, under the supervision of Lieutenant Amy Morin and Sergeant Kevin Kavanagh, and the overall supervision of Inspector Gary Marcus. Detective Investigators from the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office contributed to the investigation.

The District Attorney thanked Police Officer Tim Dewyngaert of the Wilmington, N.C., Police Department, Detective Joseph Wechsler of the Henrico, Virginia Police Division, Police Officer Sean Kehoe, Counselor Jacquelyn Wells and Sergeant Charles DePrima, of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department Youth Services Unit, Investigator Sean Tashjian of the New York State Police, Detective Jonathan Castro, of the Newark Police Department, and Lieutenant Tracey Quinn of the Greene County Sheriff's Office.

Additionally, the District Attorney thanked Deputy Chief Janette Lukowsky of the District Attorney's Law Enforcement Assistance Unit, Human Trafficking Unit Deputy Chief Mary E. Monahan, Paralegal Specialist Aurora Martinez, Paralegal Aaliyah Antrobus, and Digital Evidence Lab Senior Digital Forensic Analyst Taylor Mumley for their work on the case.

The case was prosecuted by Senior Assistant District Attorney Audrey Chao, of the District Attorney's Human Trafficking Unit, and Assistant District Attorney David Weiss, Chief of the Human Trafficking Unit, under the overall supervision of Assistant District Attorney Miss Gregory, Chief of the Special Victims Bureau.

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