MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A Tupelo, Mississippi, man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for coercing dozens of girls online to send him sexually explicit images and videos of themselves, according to the United States Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Mississippi.

Prosecutors said Sean Carson's victims were as young as 12 years old.

They said that when the girls tried to stop contacting Carson, he would threaten to send images and texts to family members if they refused to continue talking to him, sharing personal information, and sending explicit images and videos.

The U.S. Attorney's Office said the FBI has identified 46 of 100 victims.

Carson, 24, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release. Once he has been released, he will have to register as a s

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