Police proceed with charges against teen EDITORIAL STAFF The Guardian
Charlottetown City Police are proceeding with charges against a teenage suspect who is alleged to have made threats on Facebook last month about a shooting at Charlottetown Rural High School.
The investigation began Tuesday, Oct. 13, after police were notified of alleged threats made on Facebook by an individual indicating there would be a shooting at Charlottetown Rural the following day.
As a result of the investigation a 16-year-old Queens County male will appear in provincial youth court on Monday, Nov. 23, at 11 a.m. to answer to two charges of uttering threats to cause serious bodily harm under Section 264.1(1)(a) and 264.1(2)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada.
Const. David Flynn says the identity of the individual cannot be released as he is a youth.
After identifying a suspect, police seized one computer system.
Police treated the threat seriously and were at the school early the next day before students started to arrive.
They remained stationed at the main entrance to the school and were on hand until classes were dismissed at the end of the day. Access was allowed only through the main entrance.
Police also called on two external agencies to assist them in determining the source of the threatening Facebook post, including another police agency and a technology firm.
But it was their interviews with people connected to the Facebook page and others in the community that led to police identifying a suspect.
After identifying and interviewing the young man, police say they are satisfied he never truly intended to carry out his shooting threat.
Eastern School District Superintendent Sandy MacDonald said the youth would likely face reprimand at school level.
Disciplinary actions could include suspension, as outlined in School Act regulations.
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Steve from PE writes: and this took more than 2 seconds to do because......???
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Mr Cranky from Chtown, PE writes: I believe this is the 100th reprint of the same details. We get it.
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Old Tory from P.E.I. writes: Great to see that the Thought police are at it again, phooey, nonsense. What is the legal system going to do with a 16 year old who allegedly ran a prank statement on face book, give me a break. Some hot shot lawyer will make a bundle of money off this piece of foolishness. The left is gone mad.
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Den from PEI writes: Slap on the wrist time, that'll teach him.
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George from PEI writes: Please someone!
Please change the rules so youths must be named. The public should be made aware of those doing pranks and crimes of any kind and age shouldn't matter. Lets see who the parents are and lets make sure the time and efforts of our over worked police departments gets reimbursed by the family for any costs they incurred for this and any other such crime!
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Mel from New Brunswick writes: George from PEI, you must have gotten some bad pot if you really think this will ever happen. I totally agree with you but all the bleeding hearts and lovers of the Young Offenders Act would never allow it to happen. We are outnumbered my friend.
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Dear George from PEI writes: Dear George,
Please put down the sharpie and wood glue for a minute. Then read a book. Publishing their names will do nothing more than encourage things as they are now a celebrity. and making parents pay for their child's errors is foolish. That won't stop anything. Just increase the level of frustration parents have with their troublesome child.
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TA from pei writes: If youngsters are deemed not to be responsible for their actions and held accountable then the parents will have to dig deep and cover the costs. That will get the parents attention. Now, if you make parents accountable, then the state better get out of the way and allow parents to discipline their kids. You can't have it both ways.
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Michael Nesbitt from Miscouche, PE writes: Assign responsibility? Yes, but what will this charge, and any actions that come from it, really accomplish?
We are sorely in need of some imaginative ways to make minor offenders really understand that their actions have consequences, hopefully ones that provide a public service.
How about litter policing? How about repairing vandalized property? How about public speaking on the effects of threats, or perhaps the conditions that lead to them?
If society is to spend money on making the offender take responsibility, I would think there should be value in it, rather than simply putting the youth's name on a offender registry somewhere, waiting for it to come back and bite him.
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Old Tory from P.E.I. writes: THe Dr Spock generation, spare the rod, spoil the child. THe school system is also to blame, all they are teaching is conformity.
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