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West Fargo man sentenced to 22 years for sexually exploiting children
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InForum | The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
FARGO — A West Fargo man accused of coercing minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing videos and distributing them has been sentenced to just over 22 years in federal prison.
At Friday's sentencing, Joyce's attorney Rhiannon Gorham argued that Joyce's case was atypical.
ADVERTISEMENTSeveral of Joyce's family members were present at Friday's hearing.
"This is not, in the eyes of the court, a minimum-mandatory case," Welte said, noting the need for any sentence to reflect the "seriousness of the offense."
Welte said he would recommend that Joyce serve his sentence at the lowest-level security facility as close to Fargo as possible.