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NORWALK, Conn. A New York man has been sentenced for his role in a Norwalk prostitution ring, according to David B. Fein, U.S. attorney for Connecticut.
This is an account of what happened, according to Fein: Harry Franklin, aka "Streets" and "Uncle Stacks," 27, of the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in Bridgeport to 51 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for his involvement in an interstate prostitution enterprise that included the sex trafficking of two minor victims.
Franklin, his cousin Theodore "Peejaye" Briggs, Giovanni Vazquez and others were involved in a prostitution business that Briggs ran out of his Norwalk apartment. In 2010, Franklin introduced Briggs to a woman and a 14-year-old girl who subsequently began to work in Briggs' prostitution business. Franklin also helped facilitate the transportation of women and minors between Connecticut, New York and New Jersey to engage in commercial sex acts.
Franklin has been detained since his arrest Feb. 8, 2011. On Oct. 26, he pleaded guilty to one count of transportation of an individual with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
Briggs and Vazquez also have pleaded guilty. On Jan. 27 Briggs was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment. Vazquez awaits sentencing.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations and the Norwalk Police Department investigated the case. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alina P. Reynolds and Krishna R. Patel.
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