The Canadian Press Published Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 3:17PM EST Last Updated Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 3:30PM EST<\/p>\n
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. -- An 18-year-old man from southern Alberta has been charged with making an online threat that allegedly touched on this month's deadly elementary school shooting in Connecticut. <\/p>\n
Police in Medicine Hat say they started an investigation on Boxing Day into comments posted on Facebook. <\/p>\n
Investigators say the post included remarks about the deadly shooting in Newtown, Conn., and a threat aimed at a Medicine Hat school. <\/p>\n
Police did not go into detail in a news release issued Friday evening, but did call the post \"disturbing.\" <\/p>\n
The 18-year-old was arrested and has been charged with making threats and publishing obscene matter. <\/p>\n
He is being held in custody until his next court appearance Monday. <\/p>\n
Police have not named the man charged or the school involved. They also didn't say whether he was a student at the school. <\/p>\n
It's the second time in the space of a little more than a week that a young person has been charged with making threats aimed at an Alberta school. <\/p>\n
On Dec. 21, a 17-year-old student at Ponoka Composite High School, south of Edmonton, was charged with making threats. <\/p>\n
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