Phony Poster Who Made Inflammatory Comments About Lacey Prom King And Queen Still Unknown

Just who posted nasty online comments about the selection of two special needs students as the Lacey Township High School 2015 prom king and queen back in June remains a mystery.

Although an investigation was launched shortly a furor erupted on social media about the comments made on a Lacey Patch article, there is “nothing new” about just who the actual poster was, Police Chief David A. Paprota said recently.

“We have not received any additional information and there has not been any continuing harassing behavior,” the chief said.

The Patch article dealt with Lacey Township High School students’ selection of two special needs students for the 2015 prom king and queen.

Someone posted as ”Amanda” in the comments section, but wrote the post in a ”very calculated and purposeful” way to make it seem as if a certain Lacey senior had written the post, Paprota has said.

That led to the online harassment of the senior, who did not write the post.

“What was immediately evident in an objective assessment of the posting as well as subsequent postings under that same fake name, was that the writer had a clear intent to direct a very negative backlash against a Lacey Township High School senior,” the chief has said in a letter to the public.

“In other words, the person posting the inflammatory statements wanted others to believe it was actually coming from a particular student,” Paprota said. ”It appears the intent was to initiate a very visceral response thereby causing great harm to the unknowing teenage student.”