Crime

Teen Students Under Criminal Investigation for Sexting Nude Selfies

October 17, 2014, 6:04 AM

The texting/sexting generation is under criminal investigation.

Police are conducting investigations in the Rochester Community Schools and Romeo of students sending nude selfies to each other, Mike Martindale writes in The Detroit News.

Those 17 or older can legally share such photos, but a 17-year-old could be prosecuted for texting a photo to someone younger, the News reports.

At least 31 students are under investigation in the Rochester district, The News says, and police are investigating another 10 incidents in Romeo that are unrelated.

"This is happening everywhere, it's over the top," attorney Shannon Smith tells the paper.  "I have been contacted by schools and parents elsewhere in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties who have found similar photos on their children's cell phones and want to know what to do about it.

"Some school systems are trying to keep it quiet."


Read more:  The Detroit News


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