Albany – A man in Mechanicville is set to serve 30 years in prison for sexually abusing three children.
Gary Ryan, 50, pleaded guilty Wednesday in US District Court in Albany to sexual assault and transporting minors to engage in sexual activities.
Ryan admitted that in April or May 2003 he took a 5-year-old child with him to Florida and raped her and engaged in other sexual contact.
He then took the same victim to Massachusetts and Nevada and became involved in sexual contact in 2004. According to a news release, he admitted to providing drugs and alcohol to the boy.
According to prosecutors, he admitted that in 2007 he took a different victim, then 14, to Florida, touched her inappropriately and showed her pornography.
Between 1998 and 1999, Ryan took a third victim, then 14 or 15, with other teenagers to Massachusetts. He made the boy drink alcohol and sexually abused the boy. He instructed another teenager to videotape it.
As part of a plea agreement, Ryan will receive 30 years when he is sentenced on March 1.
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