Baked bads

By BRIAN WALKER

Staff Writer

POST FALLS — It turns out these brownies weren't such a treat.

Some River City Middle School students recently ate brownies a male classmate brought to school, only to complain of sickness and headaches soon thereafter, according to a Post Falls Police report.

During the investigation, the boy who brought the brownies to school admitted to his probation officer that there was a laxative in them, the report states.

"According to (the boy), a couple of the brownies were meant as a 'prank' because he knew there was a laxative in them," the report states.

The school resource officer explained to the boy that multiple students paid for and ate the brownies expecting to get high under the assumption of them containing marijuana, then got sick instead.

"Basically (the boy) said, 'It was not supposed to go down like that,' and said he ate the brownies and did not get sick," the report states.

The boy's mother told police she believed he brought the brownies to school to give to friends and a teacher.

"I explained to her that I did not believe (he) took the brownies as a thankful gesture," the officer wrote.

The boy told the officer he made the brownies with a neighbor.

"(The suspect) admitted to bringing the brownies to school and handing them out, but denies there was marijuana in them," the report states.

At least two female students complained of sickness and headaches. They told school officials they had tried the brownies the boy brought to school.

School administrators turned the brownies over to police to be tested. The batch turned out negative for marijuana, but, based on the probation officer's interview with the boy and the effects on some who tried the brownies, police believe at least a portion of the batch contained a laxative.

The suspect was suspended from school for five days and cited for passing a simulated controlled substance.