Metro Atlanta Uber driver assaulted teen during ride to sleepover, DA says

A Cherokee County jury has convicted an Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting a teenage passenger.

The Office of the District Attorney for the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit announced Friday that Jeremiah Nicholas Norwood, 44, of Acworth, was found guilty May 15 on all charges tied to the 2022 case.

The jury convicted Norwood of two counts of trafficking persons for sexual servitude, aggravated child molestation, statutory rape, and two counts of child molestation. He is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 13.

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According to investigators, the case began after the 15-year-old girl reported that an Uber driver had sexually assaulted her…

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