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SALT LAKE CITY — A Provo man accused of coercing five teenage boys into sending him nude photos of themselves has pleaded guilty to charges of child pornography.
Robert Ririe, 53, pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography in U.S. District Court. In the man's plea agreement, he admits he "persuaded five juveniles to take sexually explicit photographs of themselves and e-mail them to him."
Ririe used the name Thomas Dillan Every to contact the minors beginning in the summer of 2009 and continuing through the spring of 2010. Ririe was discovered by law enforcement officers after one of the boys' mothers contacted officials about e-mails and photos that were being exchanged between her son and "Every."
As part of the plea agreement, Ririe will be required to register as a sex offender and forfeit his laptop computer and Blackberry smart phone.
Ririe will be sentenced March 8. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison.
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