Nationwide — Alexander Paul Robertson Lewis, a 32-year-old instructing assistant in Florence, South Carolina, has been arrested after repeatedly utilizing fart spray at West Florence Excessive Faculty. The prank sickened college students, disrupted lessons, and left the college with $55,000 in damages.
Deputies stated Lewis sprayed the chemical, which mimics fecal odor, on a number of events between August 25 and September 19. The scent unfold via lecture rooms and ultimately into the college’s air con system, in keeping with TMZ.
Some college students turned unwell from the publicity and required medical care. Upkeep crews later confirmed that the odor triggered pricey injury to the air system.
Lewis now faces expenses of disturbing colleges as a non-student and malicious damage to property valued at $10,000 or extra. He was booked into the Florence County Detention Middle final Friday.
Court docket information present he posted simply over $9,000 bond the subsequent day and was launched. His first court docket look is scheduled for October 15.
Investigators confirmed the fart spray was bought on-line, however didn’t reveal how they tied Lewis to the incidents.
