The PlayStation 3, characteristically a video game console, can also prove to be a hazard to children, as they can be easily accessed by predators. That’s exactly what Harris County Constables Office Precinct 4 investigators recently discovered!

Going by the Houston Chronicle Saturday reports, a Somerset, Kentucky resident - Anthony Scott O'Shea, 24 - has been arrested and accused of imploring and sharing an 11-year-old Houston girl’s nude pictures - using his PS3.

According to the investigators with the High Tech Crimes Unit, it was during the course of playing a game – Warhawk - by way of the PS3’s online network late last year that O'Shea came in contact with the girl.

Sgt. Gary Spurger said O'Shea convinced the girl to send pictures “of her breasts and from below her waist,” using the Webcam on the PS3. Once he received the pictures, he shared them with others via the Internet from his PS.

The scared girl told her parents, who contacted the police. The girl told police that O'Shea “kept pressuring her for more pictures and wanted to set up a meeting with her in order to engage in sexual activity.”

O'Shea has been charged with promotion of child pornography; online solicitation of a minor; and sexual performance of a child. Since the girl belongs to the Houston area, O'Shea faces extradition to Texas.