--- title: Charges Dropped Against Arizona Flasing Yearbook Teen description: Hunter Osborn exposed himself as a prank in a yearbook photo and was charged with 69 misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure. canonical: https://time.com/4319537/arizona-yearbook-teen-charges-dropped/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-05T15:11:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:18:50.452Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Charges Dropped Against Arizona Teen Who Exposed Himself in Yearbook Photo og:description: Hunter Osborn was originally charged with 69 misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure og:url: https://time.com/4319537/arizona-yearbook-teen-charges-dropped/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ec80a347c569b5/69889206ab6d770fc66a9913/yearbook-prank_hunter-osborn.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hunter Osborn og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Charges Dropped Against Arizona Teen Who Exposed Himself in Yearbook Photo twitter:description: Hunter Osborn was originally charged with 69 misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ec80a347c569b5/69889206ab6d770fc66a9913/yearbook-prank_hunter-osborn.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Charges Dropped Against Arizona Teen Who Exposed Himself in Yearbook Photo by [Steve Helling / People](/author/people/) ## Steve Helling / People May 5, 2016 3:11 PM CUT  Hunter Osborn, the Arizona high school student facing dozens of charges after police say he exposed himself in a football team picture that ended up in a yearbook handed out to some 3400 students, in an undated booking photo provided by the Mesa Police Department. Hunter Osborn, the Arizona high school student facing dozens of charges after police say he exposed himself in a football team picture that ended up in a yearbook handed out to some 3400 students, in an undated booking photo provided by the Mesa Police Department.Mesa Police/AP by [Steve Helling / People](/author/people/) ## Steve Helling / People May 5, 2016 3:11 PM CUT All charges have been dropped against Hunter Osborn, the Arizona teen who [exposed himself in a football team photograph](http://www.people.com/article/hunter-osborn-indecent-exposure-football-photo-prank "undefined") that was subsequently printed in the high school yearbook. Hunter Osborn, now 19, was charged with Osborn was charged with 69 misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure – one for each person present at the photo shoot. He was also charged with one felony count of furnishing harmful items to minors, because some of the football players were as young as 15. On Wednesday, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office decided not to pursue the case. If he had been convicted, he could have been forced to register as a sex offender. In a statement, the Mesa Police Department also confirmed that the charges would be dropped. “On Saturday 4/30/16, in accordance with mandatory reporting laws, the Red Mountain High School principal initiated a report involving Hunter Osborn inappropriately exposing himself in a published yearbook photograph,” the statement begins. “The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has advised us they reviewed the felony charge of Furnishing Harmful Items to Minors and the charge was declined. The misdemeanor charge of Indecent Exposure has been returned to the Police Department for further investigation. At this time all parties involved no longer desire prosecution and the case will be closed.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/hunter-osborn-indecent-exposure-charges-dropped-football-team-photo "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4319537/arizona-yearbook-teen-charges-dropped/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4319537/arizona-yearbook-teen-charges-dropped/"},"headline":"Charges Dropped Against Arizona Teen Who Exposed Himself in Yearbook Photo","datePublished":"2016-05-05T15:11:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:18:50.452Z","description":"Hunter Osborn was originally charged with 69 misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure","url":"https://time.com/4319537/arizona-yearbook-teen-charges-dropped/","keywords":["Crime","Arizona"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ec80a347c569b5/69889206ab6d770fc66a9913/yearbook-prank_hunter-osborn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Steve Helling / People"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ec80a347c569b5/69889206ab6d770fc66a9913/yearbook-prank_hunter-osborn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hunter Osborn","caption":"This undated booking photo provided by the Mesa Police Department, in Mesa, Ariz., shows Hunter Osborn. 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