Wrentham Police Department to Warn Students Dangers of Sexting

After a sexting incident at Wrentham Public Schools, police will be conducting seminars warning students the repercussions of sexting. 

Sexting is when a person sends a sexually suggestive message or photo via phone text to someone.

"It still happens too often and did again recently," the Wrentham Police Department said on their Facebook page. "Young girls send a nude or partially nude picture of themselves to a boy who she trusts will keep it private. Boy shares it with one friend and before you know it, the picture has circulated to an untold number of phones." 

According to Sun Chronicle, police learned about the sexting incidents after the school reported that a boy had received a sexting photo on his cell phone of a girl in a neighboring town. A dozen boys had phones that contained the photos, which were confiscated by police and sent to a lab to be removed.

Police say people who share these photos or messages cannot be prosecuted. The only crime that applies is disseminating pornography and the first person who would be charged is the victim who sent the picture in the first place. Police urge parents to talk to their children about this topic to deter them.