Stratford, Ont. police investigate smoke bomb set off as end of school year prank – London
A prank marking the top of the varsity 12 months at a Stratford, Ont., highschool final Wednesday pressured a serious evacuation and resulted in a police investigation.
On June 22 at 2:30 p.m., two people from Stratford District Secondary Faculty (SDSS) activated a industrial smoke bomb within the hallway of the varsity and positioned it inside a rubbish can as an finish of college 12 months prank, police mentioned.
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Smoke from the smoke bomb crammed your complete hallway on the faculty, in accordance with police, forcing a big evacuation of all occupants from the constructing, together with all workers and college students from SDSS, Stratford St Michael Catholic Secondary Faculty, and the YMCA Day Care.
College students from SDSS weren’t permitted to re-enter the constructing till the next day.
Police mentioned the 2 people accountable have been Grade 12 college students from SDSS.
On Monday, police spoke with each college students and their households on Monday, saying that each college students took accountability for his or her actions.
In lieu of fees, each college students have been referred to a neighborhood program designed to carry them accountable for his or her actions, police mentioned.
This system would require neighborhood service hours and paying restitution, Stratford police mentioned.
