Sep. 8, 2025 By Bill Parry

A Queens grand jury indicted a Jackson Heights woman on charges of sex trafficking, grand larceny and other related crimes for allegedly forcing a woman to engage in prostitution on Roosevelt Avenue and to pay the defendant a daily sum of money.

Valezka Echeverrias, 31, of 80th Street, was arraigned Sept. 5 in Queens Supreme Court on an 11-count indictment. She is additionally indicted on charges of coercion and promoting prostitution in the fourth degree for extorting another victim by requiring a daily sum of money, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office.

Echeverrias was previously indicted in November 2024 for allegedly forcing a transgender woman to engage in prostitution on Roosevelt Avenue and attempting to extort another victim.

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