NEWARK -- A 15-year-old girl is accused of distributing nude photos of herself to other minors, and one state legislator is questioning whether she should be labeled a sex offender.The Licking Valley High School student was arrested Friday after school officials discovered the materials and brought in the school's resource officer for a police investigation. After spending the weekend incarcerated, she pleaded deny Monday to both charges: illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, a second-degree felony; and possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony.
I'm guessing that by "criminal tools" they mean "cell phone"?
Licking County Assistant Prosecutor Erin Welch said Monday the investigation into the incident remains open, including exploring whether charges will be filed against the minors who received the photos. If the prosecutor's office elects to bring those teens into court, they could be facing a different section of the same charge pending against the sender of the pictures and classification as sex offenders, as well.
If the girl charged Monday is classified as a sexual offender, Brindisi said as a juvenile in this instance she would not be subject to publication on the public Web sites maintained by the Licking County Sheriff's Office or the state but would have to register for 20 years as the law states.
I'm guessing that by "criminal tools" they mean "cell phone"?
No, they mean "underage boobs".
Ah, Ohio.
And Flordia.
But the real question is, as sex offenders, will the kids who downloaded the pics be prohibited from coming within 1000 feet of school? That's not all bad...
It also sounds like you can DoS someone (Denial of School) just by texting them a picture.
Yeah, that's pretty scary indeed. Actually, you could do it to anyone, including the neighbor you don't like. "Look, this picture of my child went out to these people - they're paedophiles! Arrest them" Instant neighbor-be-gone.
Hrm....
"Licking Valley High School"? Seriously?
Hey, you live in a city that has a Lick Old Ladies Home...
DAMMIT!
I'll just go ahead and do the obvious:
Heh! Licking Valley High School--wonder what the mascot looks like!
That's probably funnier than the idea of treating personality disorders with jail time.
Probably a beaver.
So let it be written, so let it be done.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&&q=beaverlick
and while you're in the neigborhood:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=big%20bone%20lick
They are the Panthers. That doesn't sound right to my memory, but then my memory now isn't what it used to be, and that was 30+ years ago.
I'm from Lakewood (the Lancers, an armored knight on a horse with a lance), and one of the other schools in our conference back then was the Johnstown Johnnies. Which was actually a soldier (don't ask me the history, I don't know), but every other school made them into toilets. I'm sure we got referenced as horse fuckers by some.
Panthers are, of course, still some variety of pussy.
I wonder if that means masturbation is also a sex crime if performed by a minor? I mean we can't have anyone touching children in naughty places now can we? Think of the children!
I was a serial offender when I was a teenager.
with an appropriately shaped handle. Does your hair; does you, and your parents will never suspect.
OH MAN. You should take this to Dragon's Den. You could win.
Think of the children!
Anybody who read this and thought of the children now faces up to 20 years in prison.
This means I work for one of the world's largest manufacturers of criminal tools. Awesome!
I wonder how they'd cover a 15 year old committing mundane indecent exposure, without the telecommunications aspect?
Wot, no terrorism charge?
Win.
It should be pretty entertaining when the first batch of bored ornery teenagers gets wind of this and decides to engage in mass civil disobedience.
They'd probably all get jail time too.
Really, it seems like America is becoming one big jail these days.
ABSOLUTELY she should be labeled a "sex offender".
And the law enforcement people in possession of evidence should all be charged with felony possession of kiddie pr0n!
And then they could have her charged as an adult, and the whole thing would disappear in a puff of logic.
The real question is whether she'll have to go around to all her neighbors and notify them that she's a sex offender.
Anyone else picturing that kid from Animal House going "Thank you, God!" right now?
As soon as she turns 18. Why do you think all those upright citizens have been clamoring for sex offender registries? They secretly need them to get hot offender action because they aren't getting enough at home.
there's a really great essay (so great, it is included in the 2007 edition of Best American Essays) called "Afternoon of the Sex Children" by Mark Greif that examines this sort of thing (teenage sexuality and the weird simultaneous combination of zealous protection / reverence america has for it).
She has to register, but her name can not be published because she is a minor?
so what's the point... jane doe ( minor ) is not very descriptive to the neighbors when she moves.
Well, this sort of legal snafu is pretty much inevitable given that are becoming sexually active earlier, pretty much all have cameras and child pornographer is defined as something along the lines of "anyone who takes sexually explicit pictures of an underage person".
i forsee girls taking nudie photos of themselves and getting into trouble will be the new "hip cool arrest" to have on your record.
Like protest arrests and being busted for throwing raves.
I can't say that I'm surprised. Not that far from Columbus, yet they act like the farming retards they are.
One of my own sons did the same thing himself with the web cam. He didn't get caught by the police, just by me.
Was it more embarrassing for you or him?
Him.
My wife and I laughed hysterically when I showed it to her.
Sounds like the South Park guys have the premise for their next episode.
Is it possible to have her just labeled "stupid" instead?