MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A Martinsburg man convicted of multiple sex offenses has received the maximum sentence under the law.
On Thursday, Paul Edward Ritenour, Jr., 54, of Martinsburg was sentenced to the maximum sentence under the law according to Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Kinser.
Kinser tells The Panhandle News Network that amounts to “an indeterminate sentence of 355-1040 years.”
In April, Ritenour was convicted on two dozen sex-related offenses, making him subject to the more than a thousand year prison sentence.
Among the charges Ritenour faced were 12 counts of Sexual Abuse by a Parent, Guardian, or Custodian; 11 counts of Sexual Assault in the 1st Degree (child under 12), and one count of Sexual Assault in the 2nd Degree.