Defendant Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting Two Family Members

DATE: June 29, 2018

CASE: Robert Dew (Case #17FE000718)

PROSECUTOR: Deputy District Attorney Monica Robinson, Special Assault & Child Abuse Unit

The Honorable Trena Burger-Plavan sentenced Robert Dew to 20 years in prison.  On May 22, 2018, a jury convicted Dew of eight counts of committing lewd acts on a child under the age of 14.  The jury also found true a multiple victims allegation.

In 2016, Dew sexually assaulted a 5-year-old family member.  During the course of the investigation into the assault, it became known to law enforcement that Dew had also sexually assaulted another family member from 2000 to 2002.