The Fourth Circuit Thursday has sided with a Virginia teen who claimed police officers violated his right to privacy by forcing him to masturbate as they gathered evidence against him for “sexting” his underage girlfriend.
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U.S. Rep. Joe Barton of Texas said Thursday he will not seek re-election next year, one day after a constituent accused him of sending her inappropriate private messages on Facebook and a week after his nude sexting photo was posted online.
Read moreDivisive cases concerning the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, a school cafeteria worker charged with sexting a student and a coal magnate imprisoned for a mine explosion were among dozens turned away Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read moreDisgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner wept loudly Monday as a federal judge ordered him to spend 21 months in prison for sexting an underage teenager.
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Seeking no prison time for his disgraced ex-congressman client, an attorney for Anthony Weiner argues in a new court filing that tipping the 2016 presidential election was a top priority for the 15-year-old with whom Weiner sexted.
Read moreA county prosecutor in Iowa who threatened to charge a 14-year-old girl with sexual exploitation of a minor after she sent suggestive photos of herself to a boy at school agreed Thursday to drop the case after the girl’s family sued him for violating her constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection.
Read moreAnthony Weiner pleaded guilty Friday to a single count of transferring obscene material to a minor. Though he faces up to 10 years in federal prison for the charge, the plea deal will likely reduce that term to no more than 27 months.
Read moreA federal judge handed a 20-year prison sentence Thursday to the former Secret Service agent who sexted with underage girls while on duty at the White House, trying to lure at least one into a sexual encounter.
Read moreA former Secret Service agent has pleaded guilty to sexting with underage girls while on duty at the White House and trying to lure at least one into a sexual encounter.
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