SEXTING: Careful, students.

  • SEXTING: Careful, students.

The Garland County sheriff’s office has issued a report of an inquiry about “sexting” — the phone transmission of provocative photographs — by students at Lake Hamilton Junior High. Bottom line: No charges to be filed.

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The subject has gotten a lot of national attention lately because of child porn charges filed against teens sending photos of themselves and boy/girlfriends unaware that age can make a very serious difference in the legality of photo transmission.

I’ll simply report the Garland County report. You decide. (I shouldn’t make light. But somehow, C. Estes Kefauver High in Dacron, O., and its immortal principal come to mind):

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