ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia man faces federal child pornography charges after prosecutors say he persuaded more than 100 young girls to send him explicit photos and videos.
The U.S. attorney's office in Atlanta says 23-year-old Benjamin Jenkins of Mableton has been arraigned on 13 counts of producing child pornography and five counts of distributing child pornography.
His lawyer didn't immediately respond Friday to an email and voicemail seeking comment.
Prosecutors say Jenkins used different names - including Rei, Reithe8th and Dani Domo - to contact girls between the ages of 12 and 16. They say he would send them a pornographic photo and convince them to send him sexually explicit photos of themselves. Once he had photos, prosecutors say, he would threaten the girls to get them to send more.
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