ROCHESTER, N.Y. – One of two suspects arrested in a kidnapping and sex trafficking case in Henrietta has been sentenced to five years in prison and five years of post release supervision on assault charges.

Shuntiayana Sims, along with Cordell Brooks, were caught on camera dragging a woman out of the Microtel Inn during July 2023. Officials say the woman kidnapped was being prostituted. They also said Sims and Brooks took the victim to a vehicle out in the parking lot of the hotel in Henrietta.

Investigators were able to find the car with all three people inside in the city of Rochester.

Sims pleaded guilty to kidnapping and assault charges back in October of 2023, but her kidnapping charged were dropped. Brooks was sentenced to nine years in prison on Tuesday.

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