14-year-old New Jersey girl may get sex offender status

[BERIGAN]

Huh????

Updated Friday, March 27th 2009, 2:38 AM

TRENTON - A 14-year-old New Jersey girl has been accused of child pornography after posting nearly 30 explicit nude pictures of herself on MySpace.com — charges that could force her to register as a sex offender if convicted.

The case comes as prosecutors nationwide pursue child pornography cases resulting from kids sending nude photos to one another over cell phones and e-mail. Legal experts, though, could not recall another case of a child porn charge resulting from a teen’s posting to a social networking site.

MySpace would not comment on the New Jersey investigation, but the company has a team that reviews its network for inappropriate images. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children tipped off a state task force, which alerted the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office.

The office investigated and discovered the Clifton resident had posted the “very explicit” photos of herself, sheriff’s spokesman Bill Maer said Thursday.

“We consider this case a wake-up call to parents,” Maer said. The girl posted the photos because “she wanted her boyfriend to see them,” he said.

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Edited March 27, 2009 by BERIGAN

[Jazzmoose]

To drag out the old Fark.com cliche, this thread is useless without pictures.

[robviti]

the assistant prosecutor has stated publicly that the young girl would not go to jail and would most likely not be required to register as a sex offender.