Teen boy charged after throwing liquid on girl: Weyburn Police

A teenage boy has been charged with assault after throwing an unknown liquid from a “Big Gulp” cup onto a younger teenage girl.

The teens are between the ages of 13 and 15.

The boy will appear in court at a later date.

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Weyburn Deputy Chief Shane St. John said while it might seem minor, incidents like this can be very upsetting and may have criminal consequences.

“I think it’s really important to put a stop to this type of thing right away, and get it out to all the kids that this will not be put up with,” he said.

“There are consequences to actions and to think before you act, and to treat each other with respect.”

He couldn’t confirm exactly what liquid was inside the large cup, but said it was a worry for the victim.

“They don’t know if that’s pop, they don’t know if that’s urine, and they don’t know if it’s something more, like an acid,” he said.

St. John confirmed the liquid was not an acid.

He couldn’t go into further detail about what happened, but said that words were exchanged before the incident, and it made the victim feel threatened and upset.

Weyburn has a bullying law, where people can be fined for how they treat others, according to St. John.

He said this incident could qualify for what’s called the alternative measures diversion program.

“They go through a program to learn more responsibility, or learn the outcomes or what it does to the victim, or how that makes that victim feel,” he said.

“The victim could always write an impact statement of how this incident made them feel.”

St. John hopes that after this incident and the charges laid, parents will talk to their children to get the message across that actions have consequences.

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— with files from 980 CJME’s Lisa Schick