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CEDAR CITY — A southern Utah woman and a New York man have each received lengthy federal prison sentences in connection with a case that involved creating and sending online sexually explicit videos of a 2-year-old child.
Mary Jean Royce, 30, of Beaver, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison in January by U.S. District Judge David Nuffer.
According to a plea agreement signed on Jan. 18 and filed in U.S. District Court the following day, Royce agreed to plead guilty to a single felony count of sexual exploitation of children/production of child pornography.
Two other federal counts against Royce, related to the possession and distribution of child pornography, were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
