{"id":235094,"date":"2025-09-18T00:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/235094\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T00:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:30:24","slug":"ny-middle-school-student-arrested-after-sextortion-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/235094\/","title":{"rendered":"NY middle school student arrested after sextortion investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gettyimages-2208577130-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">ILLUSTRATION &#8211; 08 April 2025, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Stuttgart: A schoolchild sits at a desk with school materials and holds a smartphone in his hands. (Staged scene). Photo: Marijan Murat\/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat\/picture alliance via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><strong>NEW YORK<\/strong> &#8211; The Stony Point Police Department has arrested a Fieldstone Middle School student in response to a months-long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=1161247072804840&amp;set=pcb.1161247156138165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sextortion investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>   \u2018Potentially several hundred\u2019 victims <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The investigation began in February, and was launched after victims at the aforementioned middle school reported online coercion to their school administrators and resource officer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Six victims have come forward, but the investigation leads officials to believe that there are &#8220;potentially several hundred additional victims.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The Fieldstone Middle School student has been arrested as a result of this investigation \u2013 the student has been charged with the use of a child in a sexual performance, promoting a sexual performance by a child and possessing a sexual performance by a child.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The identities of the student arrested and the six known victims are currently unknown.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The approximate number of victims is also unknown.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/how-we-can-help-you\/scams-and-safety\/common-frauds-and-scams\/sextortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sextortion<\/a> is a crime that involves children and teenagers being threatened and coerced into sending explicit images online, according to the FBI.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The Stony Point Police Department is asking that anyone with information regarding the situation contact Detective Andrew Kryger by calling (845) 786-2422.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> This article includes information provided by Stony Point Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article ILLUSTRATION &#8211; 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