A Petaluma man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday after being convicted of molesting a girl in early 2022. Seventy-eight-year-old Brian Douglas Schmitt Sr. was sentenced by Sonoma County Judge Robert LaForge. A jury convicted Schmitt on January 29th of two counts each of lewd acts upon a child. Court records show the molestation took place in early 2022 when the victim, identified as Jane Doe, was 7 or 8 years old. The girl lived in Contra Costa County, and Schmitt was described by the District Attorney’s Office as “a trusted member of the victim’s family” who spent time with the girl.
78-Year-Old Petaluma Man Gets 30-Year Prison Sentence in Molestation Case
