The Aurora Police Department has released the names of the schools involved in a sextortion investigation. Those schools include several in both the Aurora Public Schools and Cherry Creek School District and two middle schools in the Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J.
The schools named in the Aurora Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Unit investigation are Rangeview, Gateway, Vista PEAK, all high schools in Aurora Public Schools; Smoky Hill, Cherokee Trail and Overland, all high schools in Cherry Creek Schools; Aurora Hills and Mrachek, both middle schools in Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J.
According to Aurora police, in six instances, students reported being a direct target of the sextortion scheme after being contacted by the suspect or suspects through Instagram. In dozens of others, students received unsolicited investigations to pay to join a “Close Friends List” where sexually explicit material had been posted.