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CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A Middletown man will spend 26 years in prison for coercing minors online into creating nude images and videos that involved sexual conduct.

William Scott Elam , 53, was sentenced Thursday following his July guilty plea to 10 counts of coercion and enticement and one count of sexual exploitation of children, according to U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of Ohio Dominick Gerace II.

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The prosecutor says Elam connected online and chatted with girls between the ages of 10 and 16. He pretended to be a 14-year-old boy to coerce the girls to send him nude images and sexual videos.

Norris says he did this for four years, starting online relat

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