New trial ordered for southern Ohio man convicted of kidnapping neighbor, putting her in backyard pit Dennis Dunn (Source: Ohio Department of Correction & Rehabilitation) By Jennifer Edwards Baker | May 13, 2021 at 10:46 AM EDT - Updated May 13 at 1:25 PM
CLINTON COUNTY, Ohio (FOX19) - A southern Ohio man convicted of kidnapping his neighbor and placing her in a pit was released from prison and will get a new trial.
Dennis Dunn, 49, was sentenced in 2019 to seven years in prison after being found guilty of kidnapping Jennifer Elliott.
Dunn maintains his rights were violated due to “ineffective assistance of trial counsel” according to documents filed with the Clinton County Court of Common Pleas.