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A Wyoming man was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison after being convicted of multiple child exploitation offenses.

Troy Davonn Morgan, 23, of Kalamazoo, will spend the next 130 months, or over 10 years, in prison for operating as an armed drug dealer.

A Grand Rapids man was sentenced to 26 years in federal prison for arranging "sex dates" with a minor through advertisements online.

A convicted sex offender who got a West Michigan woman to send him sexually explicit pictures of a child has been sentenced to 50 years in prison and hit with a $252,000 tab for restitution.

Two Nigerian men have pleaded guilty to one charge after officials said they threatened to release a nude photo of a 17-year-old Michigan boy, causing him to die by suicide inside his home.

Two men from Nigeria have pled guilty to acts of sexually exploiting teens on the internet, including those that lead to the death of Jordan DeMay in Marquette. They face a minimum of 15 years in prison. The plea agreement describes the integrated roles played by Samuel and Samson Ogoshi in creating fake accounts, luring, and extorting victims.

Two Nigerian men have pleaded guilty to conspiring to trick people into sending them explicit images and then blackmailing them, a so-called 'sextortion' scheme that led to one teenager in the Upper Peninsula taking his own life.

On Wednesday, brothers from Nigeria, Samuel and Samson Ogoshi, entered guilty pleas to one count each of conspiracy to sexually exploit a child.

Once they gained their trust online, they solicited the victims to make and send sexually explicit images of themselves.

A Lansing man has pleaded no contest to charges related to the sexual assault of multiple women, including an Italian teenager.