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Suring, WI Man Sentenced to Approximately 22 Years in Prison for Sexual Abuse of a Child

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Wisconsin

United States Attorney James L. Santelle announced that Norman W. Corn Jr., (age: 47), of Suring, located on the Menominee Indian Reservation, in the State of Wisconsin, was sentenced on July 1, 2014, to 262 months of imprisonment, followed by a term of life on supervised release. The sentence was the result of a guilty plea by Corn on April 7, 2014, to a federal information charging him with two counts of sexually abusing a person incapable of appraising the nature of the conduct. 

The investigation revealed that during the summer of 2013, Corn sexually abused an eight-year-old female child, who turned nine years of age during the summer, at a residence on the Menominee Indian Reservation.  The child indicated indicated that on two specific occasions Corn sexually assaulted her. During an interview with law enforcement officers Corn admitted that he sexually assaulted the child.   

The case was investigated by the Menominee Tribal Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin L. Whittemore.

Updated January 29, 2015