Williams
KINGSTON – A Port Ewen man was sentenced in Ulster County Court on Thursday to 2 1/3 to seven years in state prison, the maximum allowed by law, on his conviction for felony promotion of prostitution.
On December 15, 2016, Gregory Williams, 39, admitted that on April 10 of last year, he advanced or profited from prostitution of a child under 19 years of age.
Williams was arrested on November 3 on charges of promoting prostitution, disseminating indecent material to a minor and offering a false instrument for filing. The investigation revealed that Williams was prostituting a then, 16-year-old child.
This is the first felony conviction for child trafficking since the Ulster County Department of Social Services was selected to receive funds under the Safe Harbour Program run by the state Office for Family and Child Services.
