Warren man sentenced to 28 months in prison for compelling prostitution

Staff report

WARREN

Derwin R. Norman Jr., 21, of Autumn Drive Northwest, was sentenced to 28 months in prison Tuesday for compelling an Ashtabula County girl to work as a prostitute and other crimes.

The case attracted attention after the Youngstown Police Department issued a notice March 8 about the girl, 15, of Geneva being a missing and endangered teen after walking away from a Youngstown group home.

She had been spotted at locations on Youngstown’s South Side, including homes in the Hillman Street/West Lucius area, Youngstown police said.

She was later found at a home on Wade Street in Niles with Norman. Investigators learned he had been driving the girl around to facilitate prostitution.

Norman also pleaded guilty to illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance related to photos of the girl.