CHARLESTON, S.C. — Authorities say a high school student who went through his teacher's cellphone, found a nude picture of her and posted it online has been charged with a computer crime and voyeurism.
Chief Sam White of the Public Safety Department in northwestern South Carolina said the 16-year-old was taken into custody at Union High School on Friday.
The boy, charged as a juvenile, is being held for a hearing in family court.
He is charged with violating the state's computer crime act and aggravated voyeurism.
The teacher involved has said she had made a nude selfie to share with her husband. She has quit her job teaching at the school.
The superintendent has said it was the teacher's fault for leaving students unattended during a four-minute break between classes.
Student charged after sharing photos of nude teacher
In this undated image made from video and provided by WYFF News-4, Teacher Leigh Anne Arthur speaks to a reporter in Union County, S.C. Some South Carolina high school students are calling for the return of Arthur who resigned after a student spread a nude picture of her through text messages and social media. Arthur, 33, told news outlets she left her cellphone on her desk Monday as she monitored a hallway during a class change. A 16-year-old boy took her phone, and with his own phone took pictures of nude images of Arthur on her phone, she said. WYFF News-4 via AP