MOUNT POCONO, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A Georgia man has been convicted of sexual assault after a trial earlier this week in Monroe County.
According to Monroe County District Attorney Mike Mancuso, 32-year-old Javonte Norfleet of Conyers Georgia has been found guilty of Indecent Assault and Unlawful Contact with a Minor.
Mancuso states that a mistrial was declared last year based off the result of a hung jury, but a decision by the victim and her family proceeded them to go ahead with another trial.
This rose out of an investigation by the Poconos Mountain Police Department who say they responded to the complaint of a 16-year-old African American girl that she had been sexually assaulted by an unknown man in a tractor trailer back in October of 2023
Police say that a sexual assault examination of the girl revealed trauma consistent with the assault and DNA which matched Norfleet.
Mancuso states that description of the victim and video surveillance from several locations around the lot traced the tractor trailer to Western Express Company from Covington, Georgia.
The release says that they contacted the company which led them to identify the operator as Javonte Norfleet wo matched the description provided by the victim.
Norfleet was arrested by Georgia authorities and changed his story several times during the interview, but eventually admitted he had sex with the girl, but said it was consensual, according to Mancuso.
It is unknown how ling Norwell will serve, but Mancuso states that they will seek state prison time, lengthy parole supervision, and sex offender registration for Norfleet.