Posted by Pbaptiste

What can I stop this one relative from sending me porn pictures & videos via cell phone? I have asked them to quit doing that, but won’t and the cell phone companies do not have selective text messages blocking of a senders.

Dear Pbaptiste,

If you are asking me from a law enforcement perspective, I will tell you that your relative is in violation of the law. It sounds to me that you’ve tried the nice approach, and now it’s time to play hardball. You can tell your kin that they are in violation of 653m of the California Penal Code. This basically states that anyone using an electronic communications device to threaten or annoy someone is guilty of a misdemeanor under this section. It is a long section and you can read it for yourself in its entirety. If these pornographic images contain juveniles, then we are talking a whole different set of circumstances that include federal charges which are far more severe. If they are in fact images of minors, report it immediately. Keep me posted.

Officer Michelle