Convicted of six counts of sexual battery and three counts of touching a child for lustful purposes

On August 28, 2023, Allan Todd Pisarich, 54, of Ocean Springs, Mississippi was convicted of six counts of sexual battery and three counts of touching a child for lustful purposes, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, before Judge Calvin Taylor.

Pisarich pled guilty to the sexual battery and touching of a child for lustful purposes of two child victims, and to the touching for lustful purposes of both of whom were between the ages of ten (10) and fourteen (14) at the time of the crimes.

Judge Taylor sentenced Pisarich to Forty Years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections with Twenty Years to serve day for day.

District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath stated, “Todd Allan Pisarich lived two lives- a public life of a trusted community member and coach and a private life where he used young girls for his depraved sexual satisfaction. Pisarich’s victims have been through hell: they endured the sexual abuse, faced hurdle after hurdle in the community and court system, and now live with the aftermath of the sexual abuse. This sentence delivers justice to his victims and ensures he will never hurt another child again.”

Assistant District Attorney Nikki Huffman stated, “We teach our kids to tell us if someone hurts them. Then, so often when they tell, the victim is not believed. Pisarich admitted in open court to his sexual abuse of these victims.

There can be no doubt in the community that these girls told the truth. Judge Taylor put it best when he recognized the victims’ courage and the Defendant’s cowardice.”

Assistant District Attorney Carolyn Lewis stated, “I want to thank Captain Kristen Johnson and her team at the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department who did an incredible job investigating this case and giving a voice to the victims.

We could not have held Pisarich accountable for sexually abusing these girls without the tireless work and dedication of these investigators and their team.”

This case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Nikki Huffman and Carolyn Lewis.