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News4JAX+ at 10 a.m.: Preventing sextortion among young people

Now, a crime alert involving your teenagers and predators. More than 600 complaints were filed with the FBI last year involving sextortion among young people under the age of 20. Recent trends point to a rise in sextortion and two other cybercrimes targeting minors, teens who are 17 and under. Jason Carley is the special agent in charge of the FBI's Jacksonville office and joins us this morning to explain what teens should know about communicating with anyone online and what parents should be doing about it too.