Report: Man Admits to Transporting Gilgo Victim to LI for Prostitution

A Brooklyn man has admitted in court that he trafficked prostitutes from Maine to Long Island in 2009 and 2010; among them, Megan Waterman, whose remains were found on Gilgo Beach, according to a Newsday report.

Akeem Cruz, 22, pleaded guilty to violating the Mann Act, a federal law that prohibits transporting people across state lines for prostitution, the report says.

Cruz, and his co-defendant Robert Blake, who'll be tried later this year, reportedly brought two women from Maine to New York on several occasions and dropped them off at hotels to meet clients.

Waterman, a 22-year-old Maine resident, was last seen leaving the Holiday Inn Express in Hauppauge on June 6, 2010. Her dead body was at Gilgo in December 2010. Cruz has denied any involvement in her death, Newsday reported.

Ten bodies were found along Ocean Parkway near in 2010 and 2011. No arrests have been made.