Long Island husband, father convicted of attempted sex trafficking pleads guilty to other crimes

A New York man has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and illegal possession of a weapon after he was found guilty of attempted kidnapping and trafficking.

Andrew Frey installed a device on his car that could conceal his license plate with the push of a button. (U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York.) Law enforcement officers found handcuffs and other suspicious items in Frey's car during his 2019 arrest. (U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York.) Frey threatened two women's lives for refusing to go to isolated areas with him on Long Island in 2018 and 2019. (U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York.) Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for FOX Business and Fox News. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.

"Frey targeted and used violence against vulnerable members of our society seeking to exploit them for his own sexual gratification," U.S. Attorney Breon Peace of the Eastern District of New York said in a Tuesday statement. "Fortunately, the young women whom the defendant sought to victimize were able to escape. Today’s guilty plea, and the jury’s verdict, make clear there was no escape from justice for this dangerous defendant." 

Both of Frey's two female victims jumped out of his moving vehicle to escape his kidnapping attempts.