Teenager uttering threats at Mount Sentinel Grad sentenced

By Nelson Daily Staff

The teenager who threatened people at Mount Sentinel High School in June of 2016 was sentenced to time served and three years probation at Nelson Courthouse Tuesday.

Denver Sky, 18, was found guilty of two counts of uttering threats. He has spent the equivalent of five months in jail while in custody.

In June 2016, RCMP was alerted to a possible threat at the school, located 20 kilometers west of Nelson near the junction of Highway 3A and 6.

When officers arrived on scene, school officials had detained one of the students. According to evidence, Skey made motions as though he was going to shoot teachers and students.

Skey, taken into police custody without incident, told authorities he had a plan to shoot people at graduation.

At sentencing the court heard the likelihood of Skey carrying out the crime was minimal.

But the judge in the case said the impact of those actions was significant and caused a sense of fear and chaos.

The incident also forced cancellation of Grad Ceremonies at Mount Sentinel.