ALMA, Kan. (KSNT) – The Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Workplace is internet hosting a city corridor assembly on sexting and baby exploitation in Alma Friday night time.
“Defending Our Youngsters: A City Corridor on Sexting, Sextortion, and Bullying” can be held at Wabaunsee Excessive College at 912 Missouri Avenue in Alma beginning at 7:00 p.m. That is an adults solely assembly, however baby care can be supplied.
Consultants from the FBI Human Trafficking & Little one Exploitation Job Pressure and LifeHouse Little one Advocacy Heart will lead the dialogue.
Wabaunsee County Sheriff Rob Hoskins mentioned this has grow to be extra of an issue in the course of the pandemic with youngsters doing distant studying and spending extra time on-line.
“We’ve had victims as younger as 8 years previous in Wabaunsee County all the best way up by the highschool age,” Hoskins mentioned. “We’ve had suspects that have been native, suspects that have been over seas, suspects that have been in the US of all ages.”
Hoskins mentioned youngsters are being approached each by textual content message and social media. He mentioned some occasions the youngsters are blackmailed with a secret after which requested for sexually express photos of themselves.
Attributable to them being open investigations, Hoskins just isn’t sharing what number of circumstances have occurred in Wabaunsee County.
Hoskins mentioned the purpose of the city corridor is to teach dad and mom concerning the risks on-line. He mentioned he additionally needs dad and mom to start out having an open dialogue with their youngsters about these points.
Together with the in-person assembly, the city corridor can be reside streamed on the USD 329 Wabaunsee Schools YouTube Channel.
