Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: 06/20/2008

Contact person(s):

Media Coordinator, Donna Edwards - 565-3099

Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California

FORMER DJ RON KIRK KUHLMEYER IS SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS IN PRISON FOR LEWD ACTS WITH A CHILD

District Attorney Stephan Passalacqua announced today that Ron Kirk Kuhlmeyer, 49, a former local radio personality known as “Ron Kirk”, was sentenced to 6 years in prison after pleading guilty to engaging in three or more acts of lewd or lascivious conduct with a child under the age of fourteen, over a time period of not less than three months, a violation of Penal Code section 288.5(a).  Mr. Kuhlmeyer will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life under Penal Code section 290.  The Honorable Elliot Daum imposed the 6 year prison sentence.  The District Attorney’s Office and Probation argued for the maximum sentence of 16 years prison.

District Attorney Passalacqua said, “We will continue to aggressively prosecute those who harm our children.”

The charges involve conduct that occurred on an almost weekly basis from July 2004 through September 2007.  Mr. Kuhlmeyer, a Santa Rosa resident, invited his daughter’s friend, who was eleven years old when the conduct began, to his household where he engaged in the inappropriate behavior.

The District Attorney’s Office filed numerous felony charges alleging lewd or lascivious conduct against Mr. Kuhlmeyer for all of the inappropriate acts with this minor.  Mr. Kuhlmeyer pled guilty to the most serious charge, which encompasses a course of continuous sexual abuse of the young victim.

The case was handled by Deputy District Attorney Daniel Cohan.  Santa Rosa Police  Detective Leslie Armbright was the lead detective.