St. Charles man who sexually abused kids gets 40 years in jail [Video]

ST CHARLES, Mo. — A 25-year-old St. Charles man was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple child sexual abuse charges in federal court.

Ronald C. Lawrence was sentenced Friday, more than two months after he admitted to sexually abusing two victims and recording the abuse. He also admitted to sharing the recordings with others online and downloading other child sexual abuse material.

According to the press release, Lawrence also met a third juvenile victim online and instructed that person to send him explicit videos. He also asked the victim and another person to take exploitative images of their younger siblings and send them to him.

In addition to the 40-year prison sentence, U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk also ordered him to pay …