Man Who Prostituted Girls Out of Brockton Hotel Gets Jail Time

BROCKTON, MA - A Dorchester man who admitted to prostituting teenage girls will spend the next few years in jail.

Derek Miranda, 21, sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston to 57 months in prison and five years of supervised release, according to the US Attorney's office. In December 2015, Miranda pleaded guilty to transporting the two girls from Massachusetts to Providence, R.I. around Jan. 15, 2015 with the intent for them to engage in prostitution.

On Jan. 14, 2015, Miranda met two 14 year-old girls who had run away from their homes in Lowell and brought them to a hotel in Brockton where he provided them with different clothes and told them that he “had guys coming over.”

One of the girls texted a friend for help who then notified the police and a search was initiated. The girls left the hotel and temporarily stayed with a friend in Brockton. However, as runaways with no place to go, they contacted Miranda who arranged to have them picked up by an Uber driver. Miranda then had them driven to a house in Providence where he intended to have the girls provide sex for a fee. One of the girls texted a friend to notify local law enforcement authorities who then rescued them and arrested Miranda.