US teenager facing jail in 'selfie' porn case

[DVTimes]

A teenager in Virginia is facing four months in jail and a lifetime on a sex offender's list for texting videos of his erect penis to his girlfriend.

The 17-year-old from the Washington suburb of Manassas is accused by police of "manufacturing and distributing child pornography" - even if it is so-called 'selfie' porn.

The youth, due to appear 1 August in youth court, had "repeatedly" been told to stop sending "pornographic videos" to the 15-year-old girl, said Manassas City Police in a statement.

The "sexting" case took a surreal twist when police obtained a warrant to photograph the boy's penis to prove that it was the same one that appeared in the text videos.

On Thursday, as publicity about the case grew in the Washington area, they said they would not serve the warrant, which would have involved a drug-induced erection at a local hospital.

Under Virginia law, anyone in possession of obscene photos of a juvenile is technically in possession of child pornography, even if it is a picture of themselves, Foster said.

"It's a very far-reaching law," she said.

In an editorial this week, the Washington Post newspaper, citing an academic study, said the youth's behaviour "puts him in the company of nearly 30% of his peers."

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0719/631791-us-selfie-porn/

[DVTimes]

They wanted to see his willy erect?

The police wanted to photograph it.

So would the police then be arrested?

[Dvae]

Welcome to 2 weeks ago.

[seeandsee]

lol jail for this come on

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by seeandsee

lol jail for this come on

Basically the letter of the law could be applied here because the teen is a fucking idiot.

"The 17 year old has "repeatedly" been told to stop sending "pornographic videos" to the 15-year-old girl."


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[Just Alex]

What can I say? idiot.

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by Just Alex

What can I say? idiot.

Isn't it interesting, everyone jumps on the headline without reading why charges are being pressed. A 15 year old girl is being harassed by someone who happens to be sending nude photos/videos.

After repeated attempts to get the offender to stop, law enforcement then digs into what laws are technically being broken and guess what? There are some big ones. The offender basically said fuck you to normal attempts to get him to stop harassing someone.

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[Rob]

Originally Posted by L-Pink

Isn't it interesting, everyone jumps on the headline without reading why charges are being pressed. A 15 year old girl is being harassed by someone who happens to be sending nude photos/videos.

After repeated attempts to get the offender to stop, law enforcement then digs into what laws are technically being broken and guess what? There are some big ones. The offender basically said fuck you to normal attempts to get him to stop harassing someone.

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I haven't read anywhere that she, the 15 year old, was the one that was making the requests to stop. It had to be the parents, and yes, every 17 year old obeys adult authority these days. From what I've read, it was his girlfriend he was sending the photos and videos, and the parents pushed law enforcement to act. Not the girl. She wasn't being harassed, she was probably goading the kid on to send more. Triffl'n hoes!

I'm still trying to figure out what laws the kid broke and how the state attorney (district attorney) can break a law in order to obtain evidence. The authorities would pretty much be breaking the same laws the kids is on trial for. That doesn't make sense. It's like the cops shooting an innocent person with the same gun used in a murder, just to compare the entry and exit wounds to make sure they match.

[Rochard]

Someone created and transmitted child porn. This person goes to jail.

We've already had discussions about this with our kid too.

[baddog]

Originally Posted by Rob

I haven't read anywhere that she, the 15 year old, was the one that was making the requests to stop. It had to be the parents, and yes, every 17 year old obeys adult authority these days.

Not relevant.