(Sac City, Iowa) – A man from Sac County was sentenced July 20th to 10-years in prison, for the sexual exploitation of a teen. KCAU-TV reports the sentence for 42-year-old Nick Pierce, of Odebolt, was part of an Alford plea to the charge of sexual exploitation of a minor, a class C felony. An Alford plea is one in which is a plea entered for defendants not admitting guilt but pleading guilty as part of a plea bargain.

According to court documents, Pierce sent sexual photos to a 16-year-old boy on April 8. He also asked the teen to send pictures back to Pierce, offering to send money for them. In addition to his prison sentence, Piers must pay a fine of $1,370, and is required to be listed on the Iowa Sex Offender Registry for the rest of his life.