Online threat against Sophie Grgoire Trudeau leads to arrest of Lethbridge woman

UPDATE: The charge of uttering threatsagainst Lisa Seymour-Peters has been withdrawn.Read more here

A Lethbridge, Alta., woman is facing charges after allegedly posting threats online against Sophie Grgoire Trudeau, wife of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The RCMP's Integrated National Security Enforcement Team based in Alberta K-INSET was alerted to the threats made against the Canadian government on May 11 and an arrest was made the next day.

Lisa Seymour-Peters, 49, was charged with one count of uttering threats. She was released with several conditions, including that she not contact or come within 100 metres ofGrgoire Trudeau or her immediate family, and notattend any political partygathering or function.

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She is scheduled to appear in courton June 8.

Police wouldn't reveal the nature of the threat or which social media platform it was posted to.

This isn't the first time police have made an arrest based on online threats against the Trudeau family.

In February, 41-year-old Christopher Hayes of Grayson, Sask., was found guilty of uttering threats for two posts referring to the prime minister.