Man guilty in Fernley molestation, child pornography and lewdness case faces life in prison
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 05/24/2018 - 9:23am
A Lyon County jury found a Fernley man guilty Wednesday of multiple counts of sex crimes against children including sexual assault and child pornography.
District Attorney Steve Rye announced a jury of 10 returned guilty verdicts for Ronald T.J. Engle, 57. He was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault on a child under the age of 14 years, two counts of attempted sexual assault on a child under 14, two counts lewdness with a minor and two count unlawful use of a minor in production and possession of child pornography.
The verdict came following a 6-day jury trial at the Third Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in Yerington. The jury found the defendant not guilty of attempted murder.
Engle was convicted for molesting a child in Fernley over the course of two years and having a video on his cellular phone depicting child pornography. Engle was arrested after an investigation led by the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Detective Division along with the Fernley Patrol Division.
The Third Judicial District Court will sentence Engle on July 23, 2018. Engle faces life in prison with parole eligibility after 35 years on each of the four sexual assault charges; 2 to 20 years in prison on each of the two attempted sexual assault charges; life in prison with parole eligibility after 10 years on each of the two lewdness with a child under 14 charges; life in prison with parole after 10 years on the unlawful use of a minor in production of pornography charge, and one to six years in prison on the possession of visual presentation depicting sexual conduct of child under 16 charge.
