Salem man gets 11 years for trying to meet underage girls for sex acts

A 40-year-old Salem man was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly 11 years in prison for seeking sexually explicit images of children and trying to arrange to meet them for sexual contact.

The sentence comes five months after Gary W. Ronning pleaded guilty in January to attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.

Eugene U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai also sentenced Ronning to 10 years of supervision after his release from prison.