CHICAGO — A federal judge has sentenced a north suburban man to 27 and a half years in prison for attempting to transport a minor to Wisconsin to engage in prostitution.
Deronarte Norwood, 32, of North Chicago, physically and emotionally harmed the 15-year-old girl after meeting her in 2015. He exploited the girl in graphic online advertisements offering commercial sex, and then sent her to have sex with strangers, leaving her alone in hotel rooms. Norwood pocketed all of the money she made.
Norwood was arrested in October 2016 in Waukegan, and he has remained in custody since then. A federal jury in Chicago last year convicted him of attempting to transport a minor to Wisconsin from Illinois to engage in prostitution.
“Defendant is among those criminals who destroy the lives of our communities’ most precious resource – children,” Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nicole M. Kim and Abigail Peluso argued in the government’s sentencing memorandum. “Defendant was a predator who targeted, assaulted, and repeatedly exploited [the victim].”
