AURORA — Student journalists at Rangeview High School revealed a startling alleged social media nightmare that sparked an Aurora Police Department investigation.
On Jan. 17, the student newspaper The Rangeview Raider Review published an article detailing an Instagram account that apparently obtained illicit photographs of students, and sold the uncensored versions. The student journalists said victims had to pay the account to have their photograph removed.
“It became a big thing that was spreading throughout our school,” said Ione Narajka, a senior who worked on the piece. “Less than a week ago, some Instagram accounts started popping up and sharing censored illicit photos of high schoolers. There were about 100 in total, at least, and about a dozen of them were from Rangeview… We decided, let’s write a story about it. And like, put clarifying information, try and figure out how many victims there are, and potentially who’s doing this.”
Aurora police confirmed they are investigating a potential sextortion case at Rangeview High School, but have not been able to confirm how many people are impacted. The spokesperson for the department added that it is possible the allegations could involve other schools, but that has not been confirmed either.
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