Two Teens Charged With Child Pornography After Sexting

Two students, ages 13 and 14, are charged with child pornography after they allegedly sent a naked picture of another student from their cell phones.

Police said a 14-year-old boy at Chinook Middle School in Lacey received a cell phone picture from his 14-year-old girlfriend showing her naked. When the boy and girl broke up, the boy allegedly started forwarding the image to other students Monday night.

A 13-year-old girl is also charged for allegedly playing a role in spreading the naked photo to other students. Another girl could also be charged.

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Toni is the victim’s mother and said her daughter is devastated and regrets sending the photo.

"She did something out of trust; I suppose wanting to be accepted, loved. It was a mistake," Toni said.

Lacey police told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that the naked image of the girl has now been sent to dozens of students in at least three different schools.

“I saw the picture, but it got taken away from me and my dad has my phone now,” said student Gracia Bell.

Bell said she went to Chinook Middle School last year and although she knows who the victim is, she isn’t friends with her.

“That was really mean. I don't think he understood what he did and how humiliated she is,” Bell said.

Teachers talked to students, the district sent a letter home and called parents of every middle school student in the district.

“When you do things like this, cyberbullying and these phone messages, you can damage somebody's life for the rest of their life,” said Courtney Shrieve of the North Thurston School District.

The district is letting police handle the discipline.

If the teens are convicted, they could spend up to 30 days in detention and they would be forced to register as sex offenders.