Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
It usually starts out as a friendly message to teen girls on Facebook or Twitter.
But once the perpetrator gains the trust of the girl, he encourages her to send a nude picture, KCTV 5 News reports.
If she doesn’t, he threatens to show their messages to the principal.
Christopher Patrick Gunn, 31, of Montgomery, AL, used the ruse on hundreds of girls between the ages of 9 and 16 and recently was sentenced to 35 years in prison.
The FBI advises teens against making contact with anyone they don’t know online and recommend that parents talk to the children about the dangers, KCTB reported.
