I've taken nude pictures on my webcam before, and little did I know computer stores see everythin you do on your computer, including see the pictures taht you see. Some guy has them and sent them to a lot of people i dont know, now he found my syke adress and is harassing me saying hes going to send them to my family and friends. Please how do I go about this to the police? Who do I contact? Im only 16, a minor in my state. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!
WittyUsernameHere answered Wednesday June 30 2010, 7:19 pm: Talk to your parents first, then call non emergency and ask the cops. It might not be a bad idea to ask if there's a cyber crimes officer available for you to talk to.
I know laws have been enacted recently about cyber harassment and specifically the transmission and retransmission of pictures of a naked minor. Straight up, you can get this guy nailed for kiddie porn. Don't hesitate to do that.
Keep records of everything. Turn on skype logs, aim logs, save texts, write down phone conversations and times, etc. These are for the cops/DA later.
Save copies of the pictures. As fucked as that is, if you store them on a thumb drive in your purse it's possible that police cyber crimes can use those to check his hard drive, even if he's deleted them they can likely be found.
Call the cops, give his name, swear out a complaint, turn over whatever you have. The cops will likely respond by issuing a warrant and confiscating his computer. Do not respond to him in any way, shape, or form before this happens.
Beyond that, it's up to the DA. The more evidence you can give her, the better off she'll be, but if they get his computer and he's got copies or they get his phone and he's texted them, he's entirely fucked. [ WittyUsernameHere's advice column | Ask WittyUsernameHere A Question ]
advice_gurl101 answered Tuesday June 29 2010, 11:45 pm: sweeetie, I am sorry this happen to you. A lot of things like this happens to a lot of young girls. You need to tell your parents immedately. They need to be alert that this is going on. And than together contact the police department and report this. What this man is doing is illegal. He is exploiting a child. What he is doing is beyond harassment. The police department should put a stop to it. I'm sorry this happend to you sweetie, I hope everything resolves. and if he already snet them to a lot of people, chances are they are there.... but lets hope they catch this creep, and take down all those picture he has released and hope he does not exploit other girls... There are too many sick guys out there. [ advice_gurl101's advice column | Ask advice_gurl101 A Question ]
snarky answered Tuesday June 29 2010, 11:03 pm: You need to inform your parents of what's going on immediately.
As a minor, what he's doing is very much illegal. He's distributing child pornography which is a felony. This is beyond harassment, you're now dealing with an internet predator and this needs to be reported to the authorities ASAP. [ snarky's advice column | Ask snarky A Question ]
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