DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) -- Federal prosecutors and some Iowa high school principals are joining forces to warn that sexting is dangerous and can lead to prison.
At a news conference Monday in Cedar Rapids, officials cited the case of a Plymouth man who was sentenced to more than six years in prison for threatening to post a sexually explicit photograph of his former girlfriend when she was a minor over the Internet. U.S. Attorney Stephanie Rose says Garrett Roegner, now 25, was sentenced last week for transporting child pornography and extortion.
Rose says it's important that students and parents realized the risks of sexting. She says there's only one way to prevent it - don't take the pictures in the first place.
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