FC: NY cops arrest high schoolers over web site with sex details

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[What would have once been dismissed as an obnoxious prank, with perhaps a 
week's suspension if published on a sheet of paper, now is grounds for a 
police investigation, arrest, and prosecution with up to one year's jail 
time. Wait 'til the Chappaqua police realize that it's possible to publish 
these kind of websites anonymously. --Declan]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/05/nyregion/05CHAP.html

Youths Charged Over Web Site With Sex Details
By WINNIE HU

WHITE PLAINS, June 4 — Two male high school students in Chappaqua have been 
charged with harassment for posting a Web site that listed the names, phone 
numbers and alleged sexual exploits of dozens of their female classmates, 
law enforcement officials said today.

The two students were arrested on May 30 after Chappaqua school district 
officials learned of the Web site and notified the New Castle Police 
Department. ...

The students, both 18, are seniors at Horace Greeley High School in the 
affluent hamlet of Chappaqua in Westchester County. Each was charged with 
one count of aggravated harassment in the second degree, a misdemeanor. If 
convicted, they would face up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine, 
prosecutors said.

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