A Navy physician convicted in November of secretly taping Naval Academy midshipmen having sex in his Annapolis home has received a reduced prison sentence, a Navy spokesman said yesterday.
Cmdr. Kevin J. Ronan, with good behavior, will serve two years in a Navy brig instead of the 46 months imposed by a military jury. He will be dismissed from the Navy and lose his pension.
The sentence was reduced last week by the Navy's surgeon general, Vice Adm. Adam M. Robinson.
Guy D. Schein, a spokesman for the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington, said Robinson weighed the benefit of keeping Ronan confined for the full sentence, the expense of confinement and a belief that Ronan had been sent a significant message.
In November, a jury of six Navy officers convicted Ronan of conduct unbecoming an officer, illegal wiretapping and obstruction of justice.
His civilian defense attorney, William Ferris, said yesterday he planned to appeal the conviction with the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals.josh.mitchell@baltsun.com
The Associated Press contributed to this article.