COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A Licking County man who pleaded guilty to distributing “monkey crush” videos received his sentence Thursday.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Ohio, a judge sentenced Ronald Bedra, of Etna, to over four years – or 54 months – in prison for conspiring to create and distribute videos of violence and sexual abuse of monkeys.
In April, 42-year-old Bedra pleaded guilty to conspiring to create and distribute the “animal crush” videos.