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TIL of 17 year old Trey Sims who was prosecuted for sexting his gf, detective David Abbott got a search warrant authorizing him to take photos of his erect penis. Detective also made him to masturbate so he can take pics of his erect penis, court deemed this search illegal 3 years later on appeal.

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