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LAFAYETTE POLICE OR CALL THE
THERE ARE A LOT BENEFITS TO
HAVING A SMART PHONE...BUT IN
THE HANDS OF A TEENAGER IT
COULD BE CRIMINAL. ACCORDING
TO THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN
ONE IN SIX TEENAGERS HAVE
EXPERIMENTED WITH SEXTING.
SEXTING IS THE EXCHANGE OF
*** TEXT MESSAGES OR
PICTURES. IN A SPECIAL
REPORT TONIGHT...NEWS 18'S
HOLLY CAMPBELL BRINGS US THE
FIRST INSTALLMENT OF 'THE
STATE OF THE YOUTH' AND
REPORTS THE DANGERS OF
SEXTING. #@HOLLY: WHETHER
IT'S LOVE, PEER PRESSURE, OR
JUST EXPERIMENTATION....
SEXTING CAN HAVE SOME SERIOUS
CONSEQUENCES. DETECTIVE
SERGEANT SCOTT MCCOY WITH THE
LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SAYS IF NUDE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE
FOUND ON A MINOR'S PHONE,
WHETHER THEY SENT IT OR
RECEIVED THEM...THE TEEN COULD
BE FACING SOME SERIOUS
CHARGES. MCCOY 18:30:01
"WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CHARGE THE
OLDER BOYFRIEND WHO IS IN
RECEIPT OF THOSE AND THE CHILD
WHO ACTUALLY SENDS IT AND IS
YOUNGER CAN ACTUALLY BE
CHARGED WITH THAT. IT STILL IS
HOLLY: MCCOY SAYS MORE
OFTEN THAN NOT...THAT PICTURE
GETS FORWARDED ON TO THE
PERSON'S FRIENDS...AND IN A
MATTER OF SECONDS A PICTURE
MEANT FOR ONE PERSON...IS
POTENTIALLY SEEN BY HUNDREDS.
MCCOY 18:30:24 "AND
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING,
ACCORDING TO THE LAW ANYBODY
IN POSSESSION OF THAT PHOTO IS
COMMITTING A CRIME, SO THOSE
25 BUDDIES WHO ARE NOW IN
RECEIPT OF THAT PHOTO COULD
POTENTIALLY FACE CRIMINAL
CHARGES."HOLLY: MCCOY SAYS
FROM HIS EXPERIENCE WITH CASES
INVOLVING SEXTING RESULTING IN
POSSESSION OF CHILD
***....TEENS SAY THEY
SEXT BECAUSE OF PEER PRESSURE
OR THEY TRUST THE PERSON
RECEIVING THOSE PICTURES. A
TRUST QUICKLY BROKEN WHEN THE
PICTURE IS FORWARDED ON TO
OTHERS. MCCOY SAYS PICTURES
THAT ORIGINATE FROM SEXTING
OFTEN LAND IN THE HANDS OF
MCCOY 18:36:43 "ITS
UNBELIEVABLE. ITS DOCTORS,
IT'S TEACHERS, IT'S POLICEMEN,
IT'S YOUR NEIGHBOR. THE GUY
YOU THINK IS A SQUARED AWAY
GUY WHO'S IS POTENTIALLY INTO
THIS."HOLLY: AND IT'S EASIER
THAN EVER FOR PREDATORS TO GET
THEIR HANDS ON THESE PICTURES
BECAUSE OF SMART PHONES AND
ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST DR.
SHARI STEMBEL SAYS TEENS CAN
BE IMPULSIVE AND DON'T ALWAYS
THINK BEFORE THEY SEND.
STEMBEL 19:12:38 "IT'S VERY
VERY EASY TO PUT IT OUT THERE
IMMEDIATELY AND IMPULSIVELY
AND THEN THINK OH MY GOODNESS
WHAT DID I SAY, WHAT DID I DO,
OR WHAT DID I GET STARTED."
HOLLY: MCCOY SAYS THE
CONSEQUENCES OF SEXTING CAN
STICK WITH A TEEN FOR THE REST
OF THEIR LIFE...BECAUSE ONCE
THAT SEND BUTTON IS
PRESSED...THERE'S NO TURNING
BACK. MCCOY 18:33:23 "WE
WILL NEVER EVER BE ABLE TO
RETRIEVE THAT PHOTO AGAIN.
IT'S OUT THERE FOREVER, SO
TECHNICALLY THE PERSON WHO
SENDS THAT IS A VICTIM AND
THEY'RE VICTIMIZED REPEATEDLY,
REPEATEDLY OVER AND OVER. IN
THE BACK OF THEIR MINDS IT'S
ALWAYS THERE THAT THERE'S A
PICTURE OF ME NAKED WHEN I WAS
12 YEARS OLD THAT I SENT TO MY
BOYFRIEND THAT IS NOW OUT
THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE AND
HOLLY: MCCOY SAYS IT MAY BE
HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY YOUR
TEEN IS SEXTING...BUT
DISCUSSING THE POSSIBLE
CONSEQUENCES OF SENDING NUDE
PHOTOGRAPHS IS SOMETHING EVERY