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Source: Reuters
Case dropped against Arizona student facing charges for yearbook prank
PHOENIX | BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
An Arizona prosecutor will not press criminal charges against a Phoenix-area high school student arrested for exposing his penis in a football team photograph published in the schools yearbook, police said on Wednesday.
The case against Hunter Osborn, 19, will be dropped after the Maricopa County attorney declined to prosecute the Red Mountain High School student, the Mesa Police Department said in a statement.
At this time all parties involved no longer desire prosecution and the case will be closed, said Steve Berry, a Mesa police spokesman.
Osborn, who was 18 years old at the time, exposed his penis through the top of the waistband of his football uniform pants during a photo shoot for the high school football team on the school's bleachers, according to court records.
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Osborn, who could not immediately be reached for comment, was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of 69 counts of indecent exposure and one felony count of furnishing harmful items to minors after police learned of the offending picture from the schools principal.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arizona-exposure-idUSKCN0XW07N
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)The person(s) responsible for "furnishing harmful items to minors" and 68 of the counts of indecent exposure, are the editor and publisher of the yearbook. They did not have to use that photograph, and it was not his decision to put the photo into the yearbook.
"after police learned of the offending picture from the schools principal"
Idiot principal essentially admitted that his school was responsible for distributing porn to minors.
My guess is that it slowly dawned on them all just who was criminally liable in this situation - it wasn't the kid.
Matt_in_STL
(1,446 posts)I could see one count overall but there must be something that states you can charge a count for each person present is my guess.
kairos12
(12,906 posts)comes out a wiener.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)But not everyone was in the line of sight in the first place.
13-1402. Indecent exposure; exception; classification
A. A person commits indecent exposure if he or she exposes his or her genitals or anus or she exposes the areola or nipple of her breast or breasts and another person is present, and the defendant is reckless about whether the other person, as a reasonable person, would be offended or alarmed by the act.
Still, the yearbook publisher IMHO has a bigger problem on these facts.
Matt_in_STL
(1,446 posts)Whether your penis was seen or not. I guess it would depend on that state laws.