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2 NW Iowa men plead guilty to US child porn charges

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December 20th, 2011 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two northwest Iowa men have pleaded guilty to federal charges of child pornography possession. A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa says 23-year-old Donald Coffey and 26-year-old Justin Slattery each pleaded guilty last week to a single count. Both men are from Cherokee in northwest Iowa.

The release says that in plea deals with prosecutors, Coffey agreed to 12 years in prison and Slattery agreed to seven years. A sentencing date has not been set.