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Little girls and their nude photos
source : http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/l...arl01172002.htm
Girls, 11 and 12, post nude photos on Net
by Ed Hayward
Thursday, January 17, 2002
The story seemed unbelievable when it reached the ears of Marlboro Middle School officials: a pair of girls, ages 11 and 12, had put naked pictures of themselves on the Internet.
But administrators asked the police department to check into the rumors swirling around the school and investigators discovered that the two girls had posted their own pornographic pictures, sending them to a few participants in a so-called Internet chat room.
``It appears to be a one-time thing,'' said Marlboro police Chief Mark Leonard. ``They did something stupid and it looks like the picture got to a handful of people.''
Leonard said police and school officials are cautioning parents and students about the dangers of the Internet.
``As wonderful as the Internet can be, it's fraught with danger for unsuspecting kids,'' the chief said. ``They may not realize what or who is out there and how dangerous it can be.''
Distribution of child pornography on the Internet is a crime, Leonard said. His office sent a report on the case to the Middlesex District Attorney's Office to determine if prosecution was warranted.
Marlboro juvenile detectives investigating the report found that the girls had taken naked pictures of themselves, scanned them onto a computer and then sent them to some chat room participants.
Investigators believe the girls undertook the picture posting on their own.
``It wasn't as if they were being solicited by someone on the Internet to send their photographs or participating in a child pornography ring,'' said Leonard. ``It appears to be a couple of kids who did something stupid.''
School officials brought their suspicions to police after word of the pictures circulated to several students.
``It's got nothing to do with the school at all,'' said Leonard, noting that the students did not use school computer equipment.
Leonard said police and school officials plan to warn parents to be more vigilant about their children's use of the Internet.
The chief said officers still aren't sure why the girls decided to pull the stunt.
``I don't know what they were thinking,'' said Leonard. ``I don't know if they did it for the shock value. They weren't thinking, really. They didn't realize the seriousness of it or the potential dangers of it.''
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