Northside says student swallowed memory card with nude photos

A 16-year-old O'Connor High School student faces a tampering with evidence charge, accused of swallowing a digital memory card that contained at least one nude photo of a minor that he was showing other students, Northside Independent School District officials said.

Northside spokesman Pascual Gonzalez said O'Connor High School staff heard the student was showing pictures of a naked girl to other students Sept. 24 and when a vice principal confronted him about it, he took the digital memory card out of his phone and swallowed it.

“It happened during the course of conversation in front of the vice principal,” Gonzalez said.

Officials had heard the memory card may have contained a nude photo of a female student who had sent it to her then-boyfriend, but Gonzalez said he couldn't confirm what the card contained, as it wasn't recovered.

District officials believe they have enough evidence through statements from witnesses, including students who saw nude photos, he said.

The student, whose name wasn't released, was arrested by Northside ISD officers, booked and released.

Since officials deemed he was showing a pornographic photo of a minor, he was assigned to an alternative school in Northside.

“This is an example of how some students use technology inappropriately, that maybe can teach them some lessons (on) what can happen if you do something like this,” Gonzalez said.

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