TWO DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY TO SEX TRAFFICKING MINOR VICTIMS AT JAMAICA HOTEL
Defendants Held Victims Against Their Will and Forced Them into Sexual Acts
Queens District Attorney 
announced that Tyrone “Angel” Miles, 32, and Bryant “Dollaz”
Lowery, 24, have pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of a child for forcing female victims to have sex with strangers for cash
at the JFK Inn Hotel in Jamaica, Queens. An escape attempt by one of the trafficking victims in June 2020 revealed the
defendants’ ongoing criminal activities.
District Attorney Katz said, “Holding accountable those who choose to torment and degrade their victims for profit
is why our Human Trafficking Bureau is so important. In pleading guilty, these two defendants have accepted
responsibility for forcing underage victims to perform sexual acts to line their own pockets. I commend the young
complainants for their bravery, and both defendants will now face prison time as punishment for their criminal
actions.”
Miles, 32, of 110th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens pleaded guilty to two counts of sex trafficking of a child yesterday
before Supreme Court Justice Peter Vallone, Jr. Lowery, 24, of 141st Avenue in Springfield Gardens, Queens, also pleaded
guilty to one count of sex trafficking of a child and one count of sex trafficking before Supreme Court Justice Peter Vallone,
Jr. Justice Vallone indicated that he will order Miles to serve 7 years in jail followed by 10 years post-release supervision
and Lowey to serve 6 years in jail followed by 10 years post-release supervision at sentencing on November 16, 2022. The
defendants will also be required to register as sex offenders. Third defendant Khalil Fryer pleaded guilty to kidnapping and
sex trafficking in April 2021 and is currently serving a sentence of five years in prison and will also be required to register
as a sex offender.
According to Court records, defendants Miles and Lowery held two victims, ages 16 and 17 years, at the JFK Inn
Hotel on South Conduit Avenue in Jamaica, Queens between June 5, 2020 and June 12, 2020 and threatened them with
physical harm unless they participated in sexual acts in exchange for money. Defendant Miles threatened to kill the 16-year-
old if she did not comply and instructed her to tell customers she was an adult. The defendants kept the girls in separate
rooms at the motel to meet customers paying for sex. The defendants monitored the victims in the motel room to prevent
them from leaving and collected all the money. The 16-year old was able to escape when defendant Miles briefly left her
alone and she fled to a commercial establishment and contacted her family.
Continuing, defendants Fryer and Lowery held another victim, aged 19, against her will at the same hotel beginning
June 19, 2020. The victim appealed to a customer for help and managed to escape from her hotel room. Defendant Fryer
tracked down the victim, forced her into a car then punched and kicked her in retaliation for leaving. On the following day,
one of the victims was able to flag down a police officer for assistance.
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The investigations were conducted by Detective Judith Moreno, New York City Police Department’s Human
Trafficking Squad, under the supervision of Sergeant Robert Duplessis, Lieutenant Amy Capogna, Captain Thomas Milano
and under the overall supervision of Inspector Carlos Ortiz.
Assistant District Attorney Kiran Cheema, of the District Attorney’s Human Trafficking Bureau, prosecuted the
cases, under the supervision of Assistant District Attorney Jessica Melton, Bureau Chief, Assistant District Attorney Tara
DiGregorio, Assistant Deputy Bureau Chief, and under the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for
Investigations Gerard A. Brave.
