Authorities are warning that sexual predators have a very long reach and can target children thousands of miles away through the internet.

41 year old Dennis Whitt of California will serve 60 years in Federal Prison after admitting he enticed four children in Northern New York to make online pornography.

Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Lisa Fletcher says Whitt posed in a chat room as a 16-year-old, never showing his face and convincing the Jefferson County children, ages 7-16 to engage in sexually explicit conduct.

Fletcher says the investigation revealed Whitt had 35 victims across the country, coercing victims to sexually abuse each other.

More than 10,000 videos and images were found on his computer.

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