Authorities in Fayetteville, N. This took place last fall when the two teen sweethearts were each 16 years old. Copening was immediately arrested for possessing child pornography.

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Teen faces huge consequences for taking nude photos of himself
The girl from Fayetteville, North Carolina may also have to register as a sex offender should she be convicted. The local justice system perceives her private distribution of her own photograph as unlawful. The warrant for her arrest suggests that she be tried as both the adult perpetrator of the 'crime' AND the child victim. Apparently she is guilty of "disseminating harmful material to minors" - the minor being herself. The snaps were taken last year, when the defendant was below the local age of consent. According to the Fay Observer, the Sheriff's Office investigates sexting incidents several times a month. American teen faces bizarre sex charges for taking nude selfies. In a bizarre case in North Carolina, a year-old girl could face prison time for sending a nude selfie to her boyfriend.
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The unusual stories that occasionally play out on scripted court dramas where a teen faces sex offender charges for his or her own pictures actually do have a basis in reality. New Jersey residents might be interested in the latest story of a North Carolina teenager who was found with a cellphone containing his own nude selfies and charged with sexual exploitation. The year-old Fayetteville boy agreed to a plea deal to avoid a conviction, which could have led to being a registered sex offender and as much as 10 years in prison. The boy took the pictures of himself at age 16, and the teen was suspended from his school's football team after an unrelated search of his phone revealed the photos. There was no warrant for the initial search of the boy's phone, but he was still charged with possessing child pornography of himself and of having a nude selfie of his year-old girlfriend. This case was puzzling to some as the boy and his girlfriend's photos were deemed child pornography even though 16 is the age of consent in North Carolina. Since North Carolina deems those years-old as adults, both teens faced adult criminal charges for sexually exploiting minors. The teen couple both accepted one year of probation, and the boy's deal involved agreeing to random police searches without a warrant. While this case is certainly odd and may seem laughable to some, the potential consequences involved show how serious being charged with a sex crime can be.
A year-old girl in New Jersey is facing child pornography charges after she posted nearly 30 explicit nude pictures of herself on MySpace. 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. The girl posted the photos because "she wanted her boyfriend to see them. The office investigated for a month and discovered the Clifton resident had posted the "very explicit" photos of herself, Maer said. Authorities are looking at additional arrests but have no plans to charge people who accidentally viewed the photographs, such as any of the girl's friends who have access to her profile page. Investigators were looking at individuals who "knowingly" committed a crime, he said, declining to comment further because the case is still being investigated. The teen, whose name has not been released because of her age, was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography.