A Corry man has been deemed a sexual offender and sentenced to county jail time for sending an illicit picture to a 15-year-old female and begging that she return the favor.

Ronald L. Decker, 22, was sentenced by President Judge Maureen Skerda on Friday on a count of corruption of minors – defendant age 18 or above.

Referencing an evaluation by a psychiatrist, Skerda asked Decker’s counsel, Chief Public Defender John Parroccini, if he was aware of the report.

“If it is accurate, then the plea is inaccurate,” Skerda said. “Your client admits to nothing.”

Parroccini told the court that the apparent contradiction “goes to his challenges” and “how this happened in the first place.”

He said that Decker, with an IQ of 62, “got into a situation he couldn’t get out of. Ronnie is a rare situation. In a complex, digital world he got himself into a situation.”

He suggested nothing productive would come from incarcerating Decker and asked for extensive probation supervision.

Skerda asked Decker to explain the circumstances of the offense and he declined, though he did acknowledge that he knew her age and said he knew it was wrong.

She then sentenced him to between three and 23 months incarceration in the Warren County Jail plus an additional year of probation.

Decker was ordered to pay $575 in fines and fees, complete 80 hours of community service and is work release and early re-entry eligible.

Additionally, he was ordered to submit a DNA sample, participate in mental healthy therapy and sexual offender counseling unless his therapist finds his current program more appropriate.

She advised him that the offense makes Decker a Tier I sexual offender, which requires registration with the Pennsylvania State Police for 15 years.

“p1″>According to court documents filed at the time of Decker’s arrest, when the victim received the photo from Decker, she asked “the defendant, ‘Why did I get that?’ The defendant replied, ‘To make u horny.’ The victim continued the conservation  and the defendant asked (her) to send a ‘bad pic.’ The defendant continued to ask the victim for a picture and she advised him that she was 15 and he could go to jail.”