6 Pennsylvania Teens Face Child Porn Charges For Pics of Selves

mikesd81 writes "MSNBC reports six Pennsylvania high school students are facing child pornography charges after three teenage girls allegedly took nude or semi-nude photos of themselves and shared them with male classmates via their cell phones. Apparently, female students at Greensburg Salem High School in Greensburg, Pa., all 14 or 15 years old, face charges of manufacturing, disseminating or possessing child pornography while the boys, who are 16 and 17, face charges of possession. Police told the station that the photos were discovered in October, after school officials seized a cell phone from a male student who was using it in violation against school policy and the photos were discovered at that time. Police Capt. George Seranko was quoted as saying that the first photograph was 'a self portrait taken of a juvenile female taking pictures of her body, nude.' The school district issued a statement Tuesday saying that the investigation turned up 'no evidence of inappropriate activity on school grounds ... other than the violation of the electronic devices policy.'"

Comments

Think of the children

[the_arrow]

We need a world-wide ban on all phones with cameras!

Re:Think of the children

[TerribleNews]

If it would reduce my monthly cellphone bill, I'd be ok with it.

Nope, they'd come up with a system non-access fee which you pay so they can make sure you're being saved from yourself. Your new bill would include that and changes for the time you would used your phone and the text messages you would have sent. At which point, if you're a 15 year old boy, the cops will come and arrest you for nude photos of 15 year old girls you would have received, had you been able to carry a cell phone. See? Everybody wins!

Re:Think of the children

[Anonymous Coward]

This thread is useless without pictures!

Re:Think of the children

[erroneus]

You know, in all the years I have heard "Think of the children" as a battle cry expressing concern over the welfare of children, it just occurred to me that it can be read the wrong way by paedophiles... they TOO are thinking of the children. And as it turns out, they think of themselves as well.

Re:Think of the children

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, it's entrapment by the government. There's a bunch of "Watch Children" signs on my way to work!

Re:Think of the children

[lowlymarine]

You get that logic out of here boy!

A great victory in the fight against child porn!

[HungryHobo]

truely a great day for the protection of children, personally I hope these scum get put on the sex offenders register for life so that concerned citizens can be warned of their presence in the neighbourhood and can act accordingly to protect their children from dangerous sex offenders!
Hangings too good for them!

child pwnography

[damnfuct]

A classic case of child pwnography.. someone had to say it.

looking in a mirror

[SoupGuru]

Next time you get out of the shower, don't look in the mirror or you could get nabbed for being a peeping tom... wouldn't surprise me the way people have gotten so unhinged with this issue...

Re:looking in a mirror

[Toe, The]

Maybe we should all just wear swimsuits in the shower.

Next step: surgical concealment of anything which might lead to temptation.

Re:looking in a mirror

[Sage Gaspar]

They're fostering a nation of nevernudes! Gasp!

Re:looking in a mirror

[baKanale]

Does that mean masturbation is rape?

Re:A great victory in the fight against child porn

[cthulu_mt]

They're old enough to consent, but god forbid I videotape it for later.

May I be the first Anonymous Coward to say

[Anonymous Coward]

pics or did not happen!

Not good enough.

[Anonymous Coward]

We need to ban vision. If you don't willingly poke out your own eyes, then you must be a child molester.

Re:Not good enough.

[mweather]

They're already blind.

Re:Not good enough.

[QRDeNameland]

Not nearly far enough. What we can now see with this epiphany is that all children are hiding their naked bodies under their clothes, and therefore can only be regarded as mobile child pornography factories. Obviously, only banning children entirely will stop this perverted scourge and allow us to finally achieve a healthy society.

Re:Not good enough.

[Tetsujin]

Not nearly far enough. What we can now see with this epiphany is that all children are hiding their naked bodies under their clothes, and therefore can only be regarded as mobile child pornography factories. Obviously, only banning children entirely will stop this perverted scourge and allow us to finally achieve a healthy society.

And then our children will finally be safe!

Oh, wait...

Re:Not good enough.

[Fritz Benwalla]

You can't go after the children directly -- go after the enablers. I say we prosecute Baby Gap for selling encryption technology specifically designed to hide a child's nakedness from authorities.

Re:Not good enough.

[Stormwatcheagle]

so .. ire meber being 16 .. and eating that one thing we used to eat when we were kids ... thats what being 16 is all about!!

...I fail to see what bearing fruit roll-ups have on this conversation.

Re:Not good enough.

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't know about porn.....a little creepy maybe.

Re:Not good enough.

[couchslug]

No child should do anything sexual without benefit of clergy.

Re:Not good enough.

[kohaku]

Don't worry! If they try and procreate we'll have them brought up on charges Statutory rape of what-was-once-a-minor.
Think of the people who used to be children!

Re:Not good enough.

[rossz]

I'm not sure that is possible since there is no end to those pricks.

Re:Not good enough.

[karnal]

Pictures last forever.

Not on a Maxtor they don't.

Re:A great victory in the fight against child porn

[frosty_tsm]

Is the age of consent in PA really 14? I've heard of certain states having 17 or 16, but 14!?

I'm not saying you don't make a bad point.

Re:A great victory in the fight against child porn

[Blimey85]

Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your militia.

The digital world is ruining our children

[captainbeardo]

Whatever happened to "I'll show you mine if you show me yours"? And the timeless art of "playing doctor".

Re:A great victory in the fight against child porn

[meist3r]

When they move they'll have to notify the county where they live. They'll have to let their neighbors know (So they can keep their kids away from these nasty people).

*Ding Dong*

"Hi my name is Megan, I just moved in next door. I'm 20 and I have to inform you that I will probably force you to see me naked."

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! We can't let that happen.

Re:This is going to raise a lot of legal questions

[ArsenneLupin]

... that they totally screwed the pooch.

Offtopic: That would be zoophilia, not paedophilia...

Re:Seriously...WTF?!

[snowgirl]

These kids didn't do anything wrong. They're teens, they're full of hormones, and they're going to have sex with each other. And it's not the state or federal government's place to stop them. This has gotten far out of hand when 15 year olds willfully showing their bodies to 16 year olds can be prosecuted as child porn.

You OBVIOUSLY haven't heard about the success of abstinence-only education. Kids aren't having sex anymore, unless they're filthy nasty perverts!

Of course that isn't *actually* Hitler

[Junta]

That is Rabbi Daniel Lapin.

Re:A great victory in the fight against child porn

[philspear]

Never mind you're more likely to be molested by your Uncle or your Mom's new boyfriend than some stranger in a van.

I am?!? This is some very startling news. I didn't even know my mother was seeing someone!

Damn

[benmarvin]

Where were these girls when I was in school?