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SC - Police shocked by what they find on kid's phones

View the article here 01/28/2009 By KAREN DAILY Some Aiken teens may be playing with fire if they take part in a recent trend of sending explicit images over cell phones. Several teens around the country have been charged with sex crimes after "sexting" - a newly coined term for the sending and receiving of explicit images and texts - and law enforcement officials want Aiken teens to heed the warnings before they find themselves in hot water. "Across the board, every parent needs to be aware of what we are finding," said Aiken Public Safety Juvenile Division Capt. Maryann Burgess. "They take pictures of themselves and send them to each other without even thinking about it." But law enforcement officers are putting a lot of thought into the matter...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 28, 2009 (boomark / email).