Man Sentenced In Child Sexual Assault Case: 24 Years To Life

ARVADA, CO — A man was sentenced Wednesday to 24 years to life in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a child in January 2019.

This case is the latest in a long list of similar crimes 63-year-old Ronn Gregory Wyman has committed, according to a news release from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

In 1987, Wyman received three years probation after being charged with indecent exposure in front of children. In 1988, Wyman received one year in jail after he was charged with the attempted kidnapping of a child. In 1989, he was sentenced to 16 months in prison after being charged with indecent exposure.

And, in 1993, Wyman was found guilty by a Denver jury of second-degree murder and sentenced to 28 years in prison. He was released in 2015 but returned to prison twice for violating his parole, the news release said. He completed his sentence in November 2018, just a few months before Arvada officers arrested and charged him with groping a child in a thrift store.

Under Colorado law, some sexual offenses come with an indeterminate sentence and a minimum time-in-prison requirement, the news release said. Because of Wyman's record, that minimum sentence was tripled.

"This case was just another in a long line of sexual offenses that the defendant has committed against vulnerable, young children," Senior Deputy DA Donna Billek from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office said. "With his background, this sentence was appropriate as the defendant has repeatedly made it clear that he can’t be safely managed in our community."