A STORY OUT OF LAS CRUCES SHOULD SERVE AS A REMINDER TO PARENTS TO TALK TO THEIR TEENS ABOUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF THEY’RE CAUGHT TAKING, SENDING OR RECEIVING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT IMAGES OF CHILDREN. THERE WERE THREE SEPARATE CASES IN LAS CRUCES LAST WEEK IN WHICH TEENS WERE SUSPECTED OF USING THEIR CELL PHONES TO SEND EXPLICIT IMAGES TO OTHERS.
TWO OF THE TEENS, A 13 YEAR OLD BOY AND 13 YEAR OLD GIRL, ARE NOW CHARGED WITH FELONY COUNTS OF DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORN. POLICE SAY, IN TWO OF THE CASES, GIRLS TOOK INAPPROPRIATE PICTURES OF THEMSELVES THEN SENT THEM TO THEIR BOYFRIENDS WHO THEN FORWARDED THE IMAGES TO OTHER FRIENDS.
