Deal Man Sentenced For Child Sexual Contact That Spanned A Decade

DEAL, NJ — A Deal man will spend the rest of his life as a registered sex offender under parole supervision after admitting to having sexual contact with a child at various times over the course of a decade, starting about 25 years ago, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Wednesday.

Hal Sitt, 86, was sentenced late last month by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Jill O’Malley. He will also be made to serve five years of probation and pay slightly more than $134,000 in restitution to the victim.

The prosecutor says that at various times between 1997 and 2008, while the victim was under the age of 18, Sitt touched her inappropriately and had her do the same to him at locations including his home in Deal and at a park in Ocean Township.

Sitt was arrested in April 2021 and earlier this year pleaded guilty to a charge of third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact.

The plea agreement was reached following discussions with the victim.

This case was investigated by the Deal Police Department, the Ocean Township Police Department and the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Bureau.

The case was prosecuted by Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Noah Heck. Sitt was represented by Mitchell Ansell, Esq., with an office in Ocean Township.