PARKER, Colo. -- Douglas County Sheriff's deputies seized nearly half a dozen cell phones from students at Chaparral High School in Parker Tuesday, as part of an investigation into sexting allegations.
The school's resource officer received a tip about the alleged sexting, which involves sending or receiving nude or sexually explicit images or texts.
"I don't have any friends who do it, but I've heard it's a problem," says Chaparral High School student Cole Hunter. "A police officer told us not to do it because we could be arrested."
Parents were shocked by the development.
"I think it's really sad this is going on with our kids," says Sherri Hartman, whose daughter is a freshman at the school.
"I'm just shocked," says Isabel Von Hagel, whose grandson attends Chaparral High. "This is the first time I've heard of it."
According to Chaparral sophomore Lincoln Ward, "it's such a part of the high school culture, like the whole obsessing over the sex thing."
A sheriff's office representative says the main focus of their investigation is to prevent any images from getting a "worldwide audience on the Internet."
