In DropBox, sub folders were listed as the name of the girl in the photos, police said, and one folder with several images was titled “miscellaneous.” Investigators have identified 28 of the 37 young women in the photos. That same phrase was Berlin’s senior quote in the North Penn 2015 yearbook. Police said Berlin’s DropBox account, where he also stored reasearch papers and science experiments, had a folder for nude photos titled “I prolly had ur pics.” “I didn’t think it was an appropriate use of our resources to create a whole universe of either criminals or juvenile delinquents for the act of sending one or two images.” “In theory we could have charged every juvenile involved who sent even one image,” Ferman said. Still, charging decisions are left to prosecutors. Passing the photos to others or using them to harrass or intimidate others can lead to misdemeanor charges, which Berlin is facing.Īll teen-sexting crimes are less serious than a charge of child pornography Pennsylvania and other states have passed laws in response to an increasing number of cases in which juveniles share sexually explicit images of other juveniles. Those ages 12 to 17 who consensually share explicit photos can be charged with summary-level offenses. Teen sexting has been a special category of crime in Pennsylvania since 2012.

He is the alleged mastermind behind the DropBox sharing.

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