Richton Park Man Gets 20 Years For Sex Trafficking Girl, Several Women

CHICAGO — A Richton Park man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in the sex trafficking of several women and girls, including a 14-year-old, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Gregory Ingram, 45, is one of two men who pleaded guilty in the sex trafficking of multiple victims from 2017 to 2020, including a 14-year-old he invited to live in his home while he trafficked her, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Ingram controlled the 14-year-old victim using drugs and threats of harm.

Also sentenced was Kendall Guyton, 29, of Joliet, who admitted in a plea agreement that he recruited three women to engage in commercial sex acts over the same time. Guyton pleaded guilty last year to one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion.

Guyton admitted that he advertised commercial sex acts online and arranged for the victims to meet individuals in various locations in the Chicago area. He provided the victims with illicit drugs, including heroin or cocaine, and often beat his victims to force them to comply with his demands, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

At sentencing, the government presented evidence that Guyton, specifically, facilitated the trafficking of at least five other victims, including a minor, by beating and sexually assaulting them.

"Defendant’s crimes were incredibly serious and had long-lasting impacts on his victims," Assistant U.S. Attorneys Christine M. O’Neill and Prashant Kolluri argued in the government’s sentencing memorandum in Guyton’s case. "Defendant knew these women were vulnerable and he preyed upon these vulnerabilities."

Assisting in the investigation were police departments from Carol Stream, Lisle, Joliet, Richton Park, Downers Grove, and the Will County Sheriff's Office.