Sex offender gets 6 years in prison

YOUNGSTOWN — A 46-year-old North Side man has been sentenced to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to voyeurism, gross sexual imposition and sexual battery, with three different female minors listed as victims.

Ronald D. Gibson, of Margaret Avenue, drew the sentence today from Judge Shirley J. Christian of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

All of the crimes occurred at a Matta Avenue residence.

In the plea deal, the prosecution agreed to recommend a seven-year prison term.

The voyeurism charge said Gibson surreptitiously made a video recording showing the bare buttocks of a 16-year-old girl for his sexual gratification while she used the bathroom on Oct. 8, 2013.

The gross sexual imposition charge pertains to Gibson’s having sexual contact with an 8-year-old girl between Dec. 19, 2011, and Feb. 28, 2012.

The sexual battery charge pertains to Gibson’s furnishing alcohol to a girl, while she was 15 and 16 years old, between April 1 and Oct. 31, 2012, removing her clothing and fondling her in the bathtub while she was intoxicated.

In the plea deal, the sexual battery charge was substituted for a rape charge that appeared in the indictment.

Another rape count and two additional gross sexual imposition counts in the indictment were dropped in the plea agreement.

Gibson will have to register as a sex offender quarterly with the sheriff for life.