Hoffman announced that an Edison, N. Percival R. Williams, 36, of Edison, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison, including five years of parole ineligibility, by Superior Court Judge Bradley J. Ferencz in Middlesex County. Williams pleaded guilty on Feb. In pleading guilty, Williams admitted that he conspired with others to lure women to New Jersey, where he forced them into a life of prostitution by threats of violence.
We want them to know that we will protect them and deliver them from the criminals who have taken away their freedom. It is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week by detectives in the Human Trafficking Unit in the Division of Criminal Justice.
Williams was indicted on Nov. Vaughn pleaded guilty on Feb. The state will recommend that she be sentenced to a term of probation. Williams was arrested in Dallas, Texas, on Feb.
He brought them to New Jersey, either against their will or by enticing them with promises of a relationship or better life, in order to enslave them in prostitution. He owned high-performance cars, including two Maseratis and a Porsche, and he posed as a music producer. Once he brought the women to New Jersey, he forced them to prostitute themselves by acts of violence or threats of violence. Investigators learned that Williams abducted one woman from Cleveland, Ohio.
After unsuccessfully trying to persuade her to move to New York with him, he laced her drink with a narcotic that caused her to pass out. While she was unconscious, he drove her to New Jersey against her will, where he attempted to force her to work as a prostitute. Williams kept the women he prostituted at his house or in nearby hotels, and would solicit clients for the women by placing ads on the website Backpage.
