My understanding is that the three teens involved have all received the same treatment from the police, but it's only the boy's mother who's seen fit to talk to the media about it.
There's a bit of me that feels a bit sorry for them, because teenagers do this all the time, and it's bad luck that these actually got reported to the police and the police have taken it seriously. But they have broken the law, and I think it's a good thing that it is being taken seriously - hopefully if teenagers see they really might get into trouble over this sort of thing, they might stop doing it, and stop harassing each other, because it's not actually something which should be normal, and teenage girls are subjected to all sorts of crap those of us in earlier generations were, be it unsolicited dick pics, or being pressured to take naked selfies and send them on.
Elseboard, someone was going along the lines of, "Why should his life be ruined? What's next, I won't be able to take pictures of Michaelangelo's David?" Because a photo of a stone carving is just the same as taking a naked selfie and forwarding it on to people you know.