On May 14, 2021, the FBI Houston CAAA joined Crime Stoppers, T Mobile and other sponsors to present first, second, and third place awards to high school students who produced 30-45-second public service announcements to warn of the dangers of sextortion. Sextortion is defined as a threat to expose sexual images in order to extort something from an individual. In most cases, these threats come from strangers a teen may meet online.
The First Place award was presented to Cypress Ridge High School's Mob Squad Media ($5,000 for the school and a Sony PlayStation 5 for each student) ; Second Place went to Cypress Lakes High School Spartan Studios ($2,500 for the school and an IPad for each student); and Third Place was won by SFA High School's Justice Enforcers ($1,500 for the school and an Air Pod for each student).
More than 1,000 high schools were invited to participate. Our FBI Houston Citizens Academy Alumni Association contributed $9,000. Photo credits: Crime Stoppers of Houston.
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Winning Team from Cypress Ridge HS-$5000 for the School and Sony PlayStations5 for each student[/caption][caption id="attachment_668" align="alignnone" width="300"]
2nd place team from Cypress Lakes HS-$2500 for the school and Apple iPads for each student[/caption][caption id="attachment_676" align="alignnone" width="300"]
Third Place Team from SFA HS-$1500 for the school and Air Pods for each student[/caption][caption id="attachment_689" align="alignnone" width="300"]
Houston Crime Stoppers Staff[/caption][caption id="attachment_688" align="alignnone" width="300"]
Our Group that made the presentation.[/caption][caption id="attachment_684" align="alignnone" width="300"]
Past FBI Houston CAAA President Andy Schmidt[/caption][caption id="attachment_681" align="alignnone" width="300"]
Current FBI Houston CAAA President Allen Owen[/caption][caption id="attachment_667" align="alignnone" width="200"]
HPD Lt. Jefferson[/caption][caption id="attachment_660" align="alignnone" width="300"]
Assistanf Special Agent in Charge of FBI Houston Division-Ted E. Docks[/caption][caption id="attachment_645" align="alignnone" width="300"]
Executive Director of Houston Crime Stoppers Rania Mankarious[/caption]
