Former Chinook High School student fined for social media posts
LETHBRIDGE – A former Chinook High School student has been fined, after admitting that he posted a couple of images on social media that caused a disruption at the west side school in September.
Mohammad Farawan originally entered a not guilty plea to a ticket under the School Act for disturbing the proceeding of a school on Nov. 21, with a trial set for June of 2018. The 18-year-old then had the matter brought back into court Tuesday morning, Dec. 5, and with the help of an Arabic interpreter, he changed his plea to guilty.
Crown prosecutor, Garry Kaskiw, explained that on the evening of Sept. 25, 2017, Lethbridge Police were contacted by a concerned parent, after their child had received a pair of photos on the social media platform, Snapchat. One photo was of a gun lying on a pack of cigarettes, with Chinook High School written over the image. The second photo was of a pencil case full of bullets, again with Chinook High School written over the image.
Kaskiw said that between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m., police received a number of complaints, as the images began to circulate throughout the school community.