FALMOUTH — Six middle school students could face child pornography charges after snapping a photo of a nude female classmate and distributing it through their cell phones, a practice known as "sexting," according to police. The group of six boys, ages 12 to 14, were not arrested, police said, but will be summonsed to Falmouth District Court. The charges vary depending on the individual but include possessing or exhibiting a photograph of a child in a sexual act, distributing material of a child in a sexual act, and possession of child pornography — all felony charges. On Jan. 15, police said they were contacted by Paul Fay, principal of the Lawrence School, after he discovered a photograph of a naked 13-year-old girl on the cell phones of six male students. Police said the cell phones were confiscated immediately, and they do not believe the picture was sent elsewhere or posted on the Internet. One of the boys allegedly took the photo of his 13-year-old girlfriend with his cell phone, then sent it to friends electronically, police said. Falmouth Supt. of Schools Marc Dupuis said, first and foremost, "we have no evidence that this occurred in the school or on school grounds." He said school officials are currently working on bringing in guest speakers to inform students on the dangers of "sexting," and all parents at the school will be receiving a letter regarding the subject."We're taking this very seriously and working to inform parents to talk to their kids about the seriousness and inappropriateness of this kind of behavior," Dupuis said. Dupuis said the six boys are currently still in school and have not, as of yet, been suspended.

Okay first of all the cops can calm down with using the term “sexting” to describe this “crime”.  I’ve never heard anybody use that phrase before in my life.  I think the police just made it up to make themselves seem hip or something.   Either way this whole thing is a joke.  Listen it would be one thing if the dude who took this picture was like 18 or if he did it without his girlfriend’s consent, but that’s not the case here.   Everybody is the same age and this girl knew exactly what she was doing.   She was getting freaky and she liked it.   I mean come on people!  It’s 2009.  Anal is the new holding hands.  So everybody knows that once you let somebody take a naked picture of you it belongs to the world.     That’s just the way it works nowadays.   If you really want to stop “sexting” then tell girls to stop acting like little sluts or lock up your daughters until they are 40, but don’t punish boys for being boys.   Because that’s not the America I want to live in.