A 15-year-old St. Catharines lady realized Tuesday that making threats in direction of a faculty on Snapchat, at the same time as a joke, may get her in hassle with police.
On Tuesday, Niagara Regional Police mentioned they had been contacted by INTERPOL Washington, which was initially alerted by Snapchat a couple of consumer who made a threatening publish whereas within the possession of an obvious weapon.
Consequently, officers attended Holy Cross Catholic Secondary Faculty and arrested a 15-year-old pupil for uttering a menace.
“Officers determined there was no further safety concerns stemming from the incident. Regular school activities were not interrupted due to the incident,” police mentioned.
“The threat was determined to not be credible and an attempt at humour gone terribly wrong.”
Police mentioned {the teenager} was later launched with out cost “within the extrajudicial measures guidelines of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.”
Investigators are reminding the general public that there are severe penalties when making on-line threats, even when supposed as a joke.
“Threats, whether made in person or online, are treated as real until proven otherwise, as public safety is the highest priority,” police mentioned.
The investigation stays ongoing, and police are asking anybody with data to contact them at 905-688-4111 choice 3, ext.1009222.
