March 23, 2010 - SACRAMENTO, CA—United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that Senior United States District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. sentenced RONALD EUGENE BERNAL, 48, of Susanville, today to 15 years in federal prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for producing and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. BERNAL is required to pay just over $63,000 in restitution to his victim and to register as a sex offender as provided under state and federal laws.This case was the product of an investigation by special agents from the Sacramento Office of the FBI and the Lassen County Sheriff’s Department.