An elderly New Jersey man who admitted to sexually abusing a girl for more than a decade won’t serve any prison time after striking a plea deal with prosecutors, authorities said Wednesday.
Hal Sitt, 86, who copped to third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact, was instead sentenced to five years of probation and mandated to register as a sex offender under parole supervision for the rest of his life, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.
Monmouth County Superior Judge Jill O’Malley also ordered the child molester to pay more than $134,000 in restitution to the victim during the sentencing in late July.
Sitt, who was arrested in April 2021, touched the girl inappropriately and forced her to touch him at various times between 1997 and 2008, acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said.
The plea agreement that kept Sitt out of prison was only reached after discussions with his victim, Linskey said.
NJ man, 86, who sexually abused girl over 11 years dodges prison
An elderly New Jersey man who admitted sexually abusing a girl for more than a decade will not serve prison time, prosecutors said Wednesday.
