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Children are in trouble for taking pictures of each other
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Boulder investigators were notified this week about an incident involving two elementary-school children snapping inappropriate pictures of each other with a cell phone, police spokeswoman Sarah Huntley said.Parents of the 6-year-old boy and 11-year-old girl resolved the issue among themselves by agreeing not to let the children play together, but still reported the incident to a YMCA after-school program official. That official told the principal of the Boulder's Eisenhower Elementary School, which both children attend.
It was reported to police as a potential "sexual assault," Huntley said, but detectives are considering it an "incident" at this time. "At this point, it's just photographs," she said. "It's not clear whether there are allegations that anyone was touched."
According to the police report, Huntley said, the incident happened in June when the children were playing outside one of their homes in Boulder. They took photographs of each other partially or entirely naked on the 11-year-old girl's cell phone, Huntley said.
One of the parents found the pictures, she said. The YMCA official had a legal obligation to report it to the principal, and the principal was obligated to contact police, Huntley said. Officers have notified the Boulder County Department of Social Services, and detectives will follow up with the agency. More.
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