http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/05/nyregion/05CHAP.html # # June 5, 2001 # # 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. Police officials said they would not # release the names of the two students because it was department # policy in cases involving youths. # # 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. # # David Hebert, a spokesman for the Westchester County district # attorney, Jeanine F. Pirro, said the case was still being # investigated and additional charges could still be filed against # the two students and anyone else involved. He said that most, # if not all, the victims were believed to attend Greeley High. # "It's disturbing," Mr. Hebert said. "We are seeing young # individuals involved in what they consider pranks on the Internet. # And the fact is these acts can be criminal in nature." # # The Web site, which has been shut down, had restricted access, # Mr. Hebert said. According to a news release from the New Castle # Police Department, the site contained "personal and in a few # cases some sensitive information about the female students." # It was unclear how long the site had been posted before it was # discovered by school officials. # # In a statement, district officials said no student was in any # danger. # # "Appropriate disciplinary action has been taken and no further # information will be released at this time," the statement said. # # Donald Parker, the district superintendent, said that word about # the Internet posting had spread through the school last week. # He refused to identify the students involved, or to discuss the # matter in detail, including how the students were disciplined, # citing confidentiality concerns. # # Andrew Meyer, 18, the president of the high school's student # council, said students had been shocked by the Web site but were # focusing now on graduation and summer. "We're all hoping to # quickly put this behind us," he said. "It was an unfortunate # invasion of privacy. There's a lesson here for all students about # the dangers of the Internet."
