Man sentenced to 96 years for sexually abusing 4 girls in Arizona

PHOENIX — A man was sentenced Friday to 96 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of 17 counts of child molestation and five counts of sexual conduct with a minor, according to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.

(Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Photo)

Dennis Pitman, 71, targeted at least four victims over the course of 15 years and sexually abused them when they were as young as 5 years old.

One of the now-adult victims first alerted investigators to Pitman’s abuse in 2013 and told them he may have abused other girls.

Investigators found that all of the victims either grew up together or were related to Pitman, which is how he gained access to them.

“Today’s sentencing ensures that this defendant will never have the opportunity to harm another child,” Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said in a press release.

“His predatory actions against the most innocent and defenseless among us, and family members too, offend our most basic notions of proper conduct.  He will appropriately die in prison.”

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