A judge Wednesday sentenced a Chicago man to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old female relative in an act witnessed in an online forum used for remote teaching. Catrell Walls, 21, pleaded guilty to a felony sexual assault charge for the Oct. 15, 2020, attack. As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors dropped two other felony counts and an unrelated weapons case, the Chicago Tribune reported.
A judge on Wednesday sentenced a man to 11 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl while the attack was livestreamed to a classroom of first and second graders during a remote learning class. Catrell Walls, 21, pleaded guilty to one felony sexual assault charge for the Oct. 15, 2020 attack. Walls appeared in court at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, speaking softly while .
Deputies reportedly told school district officials to restrict the release of information on the alleged abuse "to protect the family and the investigation."