A 15-year-old boy from Kitchener, Ont. is dealing with an extended record of legal charges because the Waterloo Regional Police Service wraps up a prolonged swatting investigation.
Investigators mentioned 13 swatting calls have been made between Might and October of this yr.
‘Swatting calls’ are pretend reviews, typically with threats of violence, in an try to impress an emergency response.
Police mentioned they have been directed at excessive colleges, public occasions, companies, properties and even folks.
The primary incident occurred on Might 29 when police acquired a name from an individual threatening to convey a gun to St. Mary’s Excessive College in Kitchener and damage college students. After the decision was made, the college was closed each Might 29 and Might 30.
The annual Relay for Life occasion on the college, which was imagined to occur Might 30, was cancelled due to the closures.
Extra threats have been revamped the subsequent few months, together with claims the caller was going to detonate an explosive at a enterprise in Kitchener and conduct a mass capturing at a Canada Day celebration in Victoria Park.
In addition to St. Mary’s Excessive College, Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute in Kitchener additionally closed for a day due to a risk.
Investigators mentioned they obtained a number of warrants and searched a Kitchener residence, the place they seized a number of digital units.
In consequence, a 15-year-old Kitchener teen was arrested on Nov. 4. He has been charged with eight counts of public mischief, eight counts of uttering threats to trigger dying, two counts of mischief (interfering with lawful enjoyment of property), 5 counts of celebration of the offence of public mischief, 4 counts of celebration to the offence of uttering threats to trigger dying, and two counts of celebration of the offence of legal harassment.
