Streetsboro reports more cases of sextortion as Ohio considers social media regulations

Streetsboro reports more cases of sextortion as Ohio considers social media regulations

- Wendy DiAlesandro

At least three more students at Streetsboro have been targeted with sextortion in recent months, following the harassment and subsequent Nov. 19 death by suicide of 17-year-old James Woods, city and school officials said last week.

In a March 7 joint press release, Streetsboro Police Chief Tricia Wain and Streetsboro schools Superintendent Michael Daulbaugh recently confirmed that another boy in the school district had been targeted online. The student told his mother, who reported the matter to the police.

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