Convicted Sex Offender Receives 5 Year Parole Denial

Convicted Sex Offender Receives 5 Year Parole Denial

(KMJ) – A convicted sex offender receives 5 year parole denial. On January 23, 2026, via video conference, TCDA prosecutors secured a 5-year denial of parole for Ronald Thomas. The 68 year-old is currently serving a life sentence at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad. In early 2019, Thomas, an area transient and convicted sex offender, would frequently park his van at Veterans Park in Porterville and sit in the passenger’s seat with b…