Langton said the evidence showed that Pruett had a longtime history of a predatory type of sexual conduct toward younger females and that did not bode well for his possible rehabilitation. The judge said Pruett would be a menace to children any time he was outside of a prison setting. “You seem to lack any semblance of a conscience,” Langton said.
The man was arrested in June after the 11-year-old girl was found to be 32 weeks pregnant. She had gone to the doctor with cramping and claimed to have had sex with a 14-year-old boy at a county fair, whose name she did not know. During a later interview, the girl then admitted that her grandfather had told her to make the story up. The 11-year-old victim gave birth in August.
The man pleaded guilty in November and bowed his head as he briefly apologized before his sentencing.
Ravalli County Attorney, Bill Fulbright handed a 100-year sentences on each of the felony charges filed against Pruett. Fulbright said Pruett has a long pattern of committing “eerily similar” sexual offences. “In my view, over the course of his life, he has set no boundaries when it comes to committing sexual offenses. ... Everything about the defendant’s life and conduct in Ravalli County has earned him a 100-year sentence,” Fulbright said.
Sources: Billings Gazzette / Mailonline / The Missoulian
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