Ronald Gross

Ronald Gross Case

UPDATE: Ronald Gross was released February 7, 2016 after serving his full sentence. He will be under no supervision other than to register as a sex offender every 90 days. We continue to believe Gross is an extreme threat to children, especially young girls. We urge all parents to keep him away from their children and report any suspicious activities to law enforcement immediately.

Case Facts

In 1980 Gross went to prison for raping a 12-year-old girl he picked up while driving his car. Gross received a 7 to 25-year prison term and was paroled after serving only 11 years.

Less than a year after being released Gross was brought back to prison again for trying to lure a young girl into his car while she was on her way to church. Gross went back to prison for violating his parole and served 11 more years. Gross was then paroled again.

Within a year after being paroled a second time Gross was brought back in for his latest offense.

In that crime Gross attempted to lure a 10-year-old girl outside a department store so he could have sex with her.

The victim in this case testified that she was terrified of Gross.

At trial the prosecutor stated, “He is an individual who derives sexual gratification from young girls. He is a textbook sexually violent offender,”

At sentencing Judge Guy Reece stated, “The nature of the sentence itself, had it been carried out, would have become a violent offense. The harm to this child was significant.” It took Judge Reece 10 minutes to convict Gross of the charges. He then sentence Gross to 7 years to life in prison. He also labeled Gross a sexually violent predator.

In 2004 a three-judge panel overturned Reece’s decision, which resulted in Gross getting a seven year stated sentence. Gross is now a free man.

During trial the prosecutor asked Gross “”You like little girls, don’t you? You want to have sex with them?” Gross responded, “”Yes, I do. I’m not proud of it,”