White City teen charged in connection to online threats

White Butte RCMP charged a teen after social media threats. A suspect was arrested following a search warrant at a White City home.

A White City teenager has been charged for allegedly making threats online.

On April 14, White Butte RCMP said it received a report about threats made on a social media platform.

Mounties say they later determined that the posts were made from someone with a White City address.

On April 17, Mounties executed a search warrant at a home in White City along with the Regina Serious Crimes Unit and the Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation Unit.

A teenage boy was arrested as a result, charged with one count of counselling to commit an offence and one count of uttering threats.

The teenager’s name cannot be disclosed in accordance with the Youth Criminal Justice Act.