DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. Federal prosecutors for Iowa say 35-year-old Joseph Marchesini was sentenced Friday in Des Moines’ federal courthouse to 188 months in prison. He was also ordered to undergo eight years of supervised release after his prison term.

Marchesini pleaded guilty in October 2018 to distribution of child pornography. In his plea, he admitted to distributing via the internet images of children — some of them preschoolers — being sexually assaulted.

Marchesini also was ordered to pay $3,000 to a victim authorities were able to identify depicted in the child pornography he possessed.