Why taking pix with your phone can get you jailtime

[DaemonSeid]

Flashing incident leads to three arrests by Charlotte Sheriff
Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article...rlotte-Sheriff

CHARLOTTE COUNTY - A lawman's work is never done, apparently even for a sheriff in an unmarked car who sees girls flashing at passing motorists.

That very thing happened Tuesday night to Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Cameron, who was driving around to National Night Out community safety events when the girls exposed their breasts to him, according to a sheriff's press release.

Cameron was driving on State Road 776 near County Road 771 around 7 p.m. yesterday when the girls flashed him and other drivers. He turned around to confront them when he saw a man drive up and snap a photo on his cell phone of the girls, the release said.

Cameron detained all three people, and all were later arrested.

The two girls, both 15, were arrested on indecent exposure charges; their names were not released, though the release said that one is a local girl and the other is from another state. They were booked and released to parents.

Meanwhile, Robert Lee Blevins, 33, of the 6500 block of Coliseum Boulevard, was arrested and charged with felony possession of photos of sexual performance by a child and a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Authorities confiscated evidence, including Blevin's phone that held the photo of the girls, the release said.

If convicted, Blevins could face five years in prison and could be deemed a registered sex offender.


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This is so wrong in so many ways.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Wasn't there talk of charging teens who have sexted each other with promoting the sexual performance of a minor? I think we might have discussed it here.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Wasn't there talk of charging teens who have sexted each other with promoting the sexual performance of a minor? I think we might have discussed it here.

It's been done. And it's horrible. Their whole lives are ruined because they sent naked pictures to their boyfriend.

[naraht]

Yes, and in some states the penalties are exactly the same for a 15 year old girl who sends a picture of their own breasts over a cell phone as for a 40 year old who films naked 8 year olds. This includes being put on the Sexual Predators lists where you have to tell the state where you live for the rest of your life.

Randy