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Teen Bullied Peers for Sex via Facebook: Cops

Wis. native posed as girl, then blackmailed male students

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(Newser) – A Wisconsin teen has been arrested for allegedly using Facebook to sexually blackmail male students at his former high school. Anthony Stancl, 18, solicited naked photos of at least 31 boys by pretending to be female. He then forced at least seven, all underage, to perform sexual favors to keep the pictures from being distributed at school, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Stancl faces a dozen charges, including repeated and multiple sexual assaults and possession of child pornography. He’s also accused of several bomb threats against the school, and faces a total maximum penalty of 300 years. The scheme unraveled when one of the victims came forward, drawing the line when the accused asked for naked photos of his brother, too.

Anthony Stancl appears in court in this video screenshot.
Anthony Stancl appears in court in this video screenshot.   (WTMJ-TV)
Waukesha County (Wis.) Sheriff's booking mug of Anthony R. Stancl.
Waukesha County (Wis.) Sheriff's booking mug of Anthony R. Stancl.   (Waukesha County (Wis.) Sheriff's Dept.)
Stancl allegedly used Facebook to blackmail his classmates into sending him naked photos and performing sexual favors.
Stancl allegedly used Facebook to blackmail his classmates into sending him naked photos and performing sexual favors.   (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, file)
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Lula
Feb 5, 09 3:29 PM CST
What a jerk. Reply
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radnip
Feb 5, 09 4:31 PM CST
Wow, kids are easy. You can bully them without even physically threatening them. Someone please grow some tougher ones. Reply
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JayJay
Aug 4, 09 6:51 PM CDT
there school kids man, they think more about how big of a loser there gunna look at school... not as an adult.
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Shannonals
Feb 5, 09 11:51 PM CST
C'mon, are you telling me not one of the 31 boys had enough common sense to report it to someone? Reply
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riffran
Feb 6, 09 1:51 AM CST
Parents please watch your children, my god in heaven, They would have had to restrain me, if that would have been my little girl, because that little creep wouldn't make it to the prison, I have a 30.06.. sighted in at 200yrd dead nut, don't need much of a shot......hey....didn't Newser report not too awful long ago, a story that "net prowlers were just overated sensationalism", and were not as bad as the media presents them.........SUPRISE! Reply
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