Posts Tagged ‘sexting’
One-year probation for 15-year-old sexter
A Nebraska high school freshman texted a nude picture of himself to a 13-year-old girl. The girl’s mother found the photo and notified the police. The boy was charged in juvenile court with distributing obscene material. He admitted sending the text and in May, 2009 …
Teens sentenced for sexting
On May 11, 2009, two Ohio teenagers caught sexting at school were sentenced in juvenile court. The 15 and 16-year-olds could have faced felony child pornography charges. Instead they each admitted to a misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor offense. The boy …
Prosecutor sued by students in cellphone photo incident
In an unusual twist in the war on sexting, Pennsylvania parents of three teenage girls filed a lawsuit against the local district attorney. When Marissa Miller was 13, she was at a slumber party with her girlfriends. They took cellphone pictures of each other …
Girl, 14, arrested for child pornography on MySpace.
Following a month-long investigation, authorities in New Jersey arrested a 14-year-old girl for uploading 30 sexually explicit pictures of herself to her MySpace page. The unnamed girl said she wanted her boyfriend to see them but word got out and in March, 2009, she was …
Can you get in trouble for sexting?
The quick answer is yes, you can get in trouble for sexting, but sexting can also have unforeseen consequences beyond legal troubles that can be devastating like Jessica Logan’s story. Legislatures across the country are dealing with this issue and many are attempting to pass …
Pennsylvania teens charged with child pornography for texting
States are cracking down on the recent ‘sexting’ trend – where users send nude or semi-nude pictures of themselves by text message. Three high school girls [ages 14 and 15] at Salem High School in Pennsylvania sent photos of themselves to three boys [ages 16 and …
