Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin announced on Sept. 13 that Pennsylvania State Police have discovered an offensive video containing child pornography that has been circulating in some Lehigh Valley schools.

The announcement of this investigation is to warn the community about the sexually explicit content of this video, Martin’s news release stated.

This video has been known to have circulated among students at Northern Lehigh and Parkland schools.

At this point, Martin said, it appears the video emanated from the Altoona area and does not depict any local children.

Martin is reaching out to advise the community that if this video is discovered, it should not be disseminated and should be deleted.

Parkland School District Superintendent Dr. Mark Madson provided the following comment.

“The Parkland School District is aware of the disturbing illegal video that circulated to a few of our students,” Madson said. “This is a law enforcement matter and our administration cooperated with the investigation.

“We would encourage all parents and guardians to talk with their children about what they post or text using their cellphones or other devices and that there could be serious legal consequences or school discipline depending on the content.”

Northern Lehigh School District Superintendent Dr. Matthew J. Link commented to the Times News, the Lehigh Valley Press’ sister daily publication, on the video discovery.

“The district is aware of the illegal activity which was sent to a few of our students via cellphone communication,” Link said. “This is a law enforcement matter, and our school district police department and administration are cooperating with the investigation.”

He encouraged parents to talk with their children about what they post or text using their cellphones or other devices.