A Manassas City teenager accused of sexting a video to his girlfriend is now facing a search warrant in which Manassas City police and Prince William County prosecutors want to take a photo of his erect penis, possibly forcing the teen to become erect by taking him to a hospital and giving him an injection, the teens lawyers said.
Foster said the case began when the teens 15-year-old girlfriend sent photos of herself to the 17-year-old, who in turn sent her the video in question. The girl has not been charged, and her mother filed a complaint about the boys video, Foster said. The male teen was served with petitions from juvenile court in early February, and not arrested, but when the case went to trial in juvenile court in June, Foster said prosecutors forgot to certify that the teen was a juvenile. The case was dismissed, but police immediately obtained new charges and also a search warrant for his home. Police also arrested the teen and took him to juvenile jail, where Foster said they took photos of the teens genitals against his will.
The case was set for trial on July 1, where Foster said Assistant Commonwealths Attorney Claiborne Richardson told her that her client must either plead guilty or police would obtain another search warrant for pictures of his erect penis, for comparison to the evidence from the teens cell phone. Foster asked how that would be accomplished and was told that we just take him down to the hospital, give him a shot and then take the pictures that we need.
Carlos Flores Laboy, appointed the teens guardian ad litem in the case, said he thought it was just as illegal for the Manassas City police to create their own child pornography as to investigate the teen for it. Theyre using a statute that was designed to protect children from being exploited in a sexual manner, Flores Laboy said, to take a picture of this young man in a sexually explicit manner. The irony is incredible. The guardian added, As a parent myself, I was floored. Its child abuse. Were wasting thousands of dollars and resources and man hours on a sexting case. Thats what were doing.
Foster said Detective Abbott told her that after obtaining photos of the teens erect penis he would use special software to compare pictures of this penis to this penis. Who does this? Its just crazy.
