Related News: Classes teach students to avoid cyberbullying

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Enterprise Ledger published an article titled Classes teach students to avoid cyberbullying.

EHS Assistant Principal Ricky Britt said he participated in an internet safety course last summer that detailed laws and acts enacted in recent years to protect children when they’re online. As part of these measures, schools have been asked to help educate students about cyberbullying — using technology, often social media sites like Facebook, to publicly humiliate, harass or threaten someone.

“Cyberbullying in this day and time is getting to be worse,” Britt said. “A lot of the incidents are just not surfacing.”

Source: The Enterprise Ledger

Related News: Montgomery man arrested in Facebook sextortion plot

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled Montgomery man arrested in Facebook sextortion plot.

Among the pictures that Gunn possessed were several of young girls posing in various states of undress and which appear to have been produced by the girls themselves using their cell phone cameras. These images corroborate information that the FBI’s investigation had already uncovered – that for over a year Gunn had been repeatedly using fake Facebook profiles to extort nude photos and videos from underage girls in numerous states, including Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Girl’s grandmother finds text messages about sexual assault

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The case reportedly came to light last month when the girl’s grandparent found notes and text messages in the child’s bedroom. The writings described what was being done to her, according to authorities.

Source: WSFA

Related News: New bill would require sex offenders to register Facebook profiles

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“What it does is brings down the hammer on sex traffickers, the pimps. It creates longer prison sentences for them, it forces them to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives. It forces them to pay restitution into a fund that will then fund services for victims of sex trafficking,” said Klaas.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Auburn man indicted on federal child pornography charges

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According to the one-count indictment, Breland is accused of knowingly possessing a PNY Attaché 1 gigabyte flash drive that contained visual depictions of actual minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Rowdy Christmas Day crowd forces early closing of east Birmingham’s Edge 12 Movie Theater

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. AL.com published an article titled Rowdy Christmas Day crowd forces early closing of east Birmingham’s Edge 12 Movie Theater.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — A crowd of young people — possibly drawn though social media — interrupted the movies at The Edge 12 Movie Theater and were disruptive outside in the parking lot of Festival Shopping Center on Crestwood Boulevard Sunday night. 

Source: AL.com

Related News: Mom searching for runaway daughter

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Andalusia Star News published an article titled Mom searching for runaway daughter.

This is the second time the girl has run away from home to meet a man she met on the Internet, her mother said. She was later found in Ramer on Dec. 28, 2010. She’d been gone 20 days.   

Source: Andalusia Star News

Related News: Georgia D.A.’s dad charged with enticing a child

One new article link has been added to our Related News page. oanow.com published an article titled Georgia D.A.’s dad charged with enticing a child.

Lee County deputies have arrested Charles Fessenden, 78, of Columbus, Ga., on an outstanding warrant from the Phenix City Police Department charging him with enticing a child, according to Capt. Van Jackson, chief investigator for the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.

Source: oanow.com

Related News: FBI: Pediatrician charged with child porn possession

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Dr. Yancy Craft, 41, was arrested Thursday afternoon by the Muscogee County Marshal’s Office and charged with federal criminal complaint for possession and receipt of child pornography.

Source: WSFA