Yahoo! News - Student in Hot Water Over Ex-Lax Brownies: "Wed Aug 25,10:27 PM ET
FAIRMONT, Minn. - Pranksters take note: baking Ex-Lax into a tray of brownies and leaving them in the teacher's lounge could put a gross misdemeanor on your record.
That's what happened to Katie Jablinske, a former Fairmont high school student. Jablinske was originally charged with a felony, but she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in exchange for the lesser charge.
A judge released Jablinske without jail time under the condition she stay out of trouble for one year.
Jablinske's lawyer, Michael O'Rourke, said he and members of the public 'were surprised that something like this could be charged as a felony.'
'This was a prank,' he said.
Jablinske, 18, who moved to Nebraska to attend college, said in June she was shocked charges were filed in the first place. She said the brownies prank was just a joke and she meant no harm to any teachers.
No one ate the brownies, perhaps because rumors were circulating that they contained rat poison or marijuana.
Police Chief Greg Brolsma said there is nothing specific in the law making so-called pranks legal just because they're meant in jest. "
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