Investigators have launched a child pornography probe of Parkland High School students after sexual images of underage girls were sent to dozens of their classmates via cell phone. Lehigh County prosecutors have warned about 40 students to turn over their phones so the photos and videos can be erased. District Attorney James Martin said none of the students who received the images will be prosecuted if they comply by Tuesday. He declined to say how officials found out about the photos, but said an investigation started about two weeks ago. The images are of a girl engaging in a sex act with a boy and of a different girl who is naked, Martin said. The girls have been identified as Parkland High School students, but investigators are still trying to figure out who the boy is. Martin said he believes the students knew pictures were being taken of them, but he declined to say whether they sent the images to their classmates.

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Prosecutors said that two girls appearing in the images have been identified as Parkland High School students. Contrary to an initial report, they said another girl seen having sex with a boy in a video had not been identified and they are unsure what school she attends. The boy also remains unidentified. The two Parkland students shown exposing themselves are 14 and 17, said Matthew S. Falk, Lehigh County's chief deputy district attorney.
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District Attorney James B. Martin said at least 40 Parkland High School students believed to have received the images would not face prosecution as long as they show their phones to police by Tuesday to ensure the images have been erased. A state trooper was sent to the school Thursday and will return for two more days to ensure that images were erased from the cell phones of students whose parents got letters from prosecutors. The letter explained what had happened, set a deadline for erasing the images and asked the parents to sign consent forms.
ALLENTOWN -- Two high school girls used their cell phones to take pornographic video and photos of themselves, and the images were later sent to dozens of classmates, prosecutors said. District Attorney James B. Martin said he would not prosecute the approximately 40 Parkland High School students who got the images as long as they show their phones to police by Tuesday to ensure the images have been erased. A state trooper was sent to the school Thursday to ensure the cell phones were free of the images and will be back for two more days, said Cpl. Dennis Long of the state police computer crimes unit. The images sent to students showed one Parkland student engaging in sex with an unidentified boy and the other naked, Martin said. He declined say who transmitted the images.