U.S. Attorney Breon Peace announced the guilty plea on Friday, marking the first use of the federal statute criminalizing murder in the course of sex trafficking.
Photo: the Eastern District of New York
In a chilling turn of events, a Brooklyn man with a history of violence and manipulation was brought to justice on Friday, making history with the prosecution.
Somorie Moses, a 47-year-old from Brooklyn who went by a myriad of aliases including “Sugar Bear” and “Daddy,” stood before U.S. District Court Judge Carol Bagley Amon last week as he admitted to forcing eight women into the cruel world of sex trafficking and gruesomely ending the life of Leondra Foster in 2017.
This trial marked the first application of the federal law that criminalizes committing murder during sex trafficking. Moses, facing a mandatory 15-year imprisonment, could also receive a life sentence for his heinous crimes.
Breon Peace, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, teamed up with the NYPD and FBI to deliver the shocking details surrounding Moses’s reign of terror. As described, his tactic was sinisterly simple: lure vulnerable women with false promises of love and marriage, only to plunge them into a world of prostitution, violence and fear.
“With today’s guilty plea to every count in the indictment, Moses is held fully responsible for preying on women and girls, forcing them to become prostitutes, and then brutally murdering and dismembering one of his many victims,” U.S. Attorney Peace said.
“While the defendant’s total admission of guilt cannot undo the terrible harm he has caused, we hope it will bring a measure of closure to his victims who suffered the defendant’s extreme cruelty and brutality and to the family of Ms. Foster.”
Many of Moses’s victims bore his name, “Somorie,” permanently inked on their bodies, a lasting testament to their tormentor’s control. His brutality knew no bounds: using tasers on those who resisted,…
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