RENOWNED prankster Lewis Spears, aka Nebz Adlay, is being investigated by police for his apparent involvement in yesterday’s April Fools prank claiming Castle Hill High School had burned down.

media_camera A Facebook screengrab from Speers’ Facebook page purportedly showing the prank SMS being sent from a computer.

More than 1000 parents received a text message from the school’s SMS broadcast system early on Tuesday morning, warning parents not to send students to the school as it had been closed due to an arson attack.

The prank drew a mixed response on social media.

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Hills Police detective inspector Gary Bailey confirmed that Spears is one of the line of inquiries that police are following and they are currently examining his call records and IP address.

Spears famously pranked Channel Seven’s Today Tonight last year claiming to be the instigator of a vicious cyberbullying campaign.

The current affairs program ran a story on Spears, before his “victim” revealed herself to be a friend and part of the prank.

media_camera A Facebook screengrab from Spears’ Facebook page purportedly showing some of the texts sent back by Castle Hill High School parents in response to the prank SMS.

Yesterday, posts on his Facebook page claiming to be by Spears, included what was claimed to be evidence of his involvement in the Castle Hill High School prank, including alleged screen shots of him sending out the fake text, and an alleged screenshot of the messaging program showing SMS messages sent back to the school by parents in response.

“Inb4 Minister of Education at my door, happy April fools to entire school,” read the post on Spears’ Facebook page.

“I did it lol.”

While some saw the funny side of the prank, others messaged Hills Shire Times concerned private details had been compromised.

“It’s all good and well to play jokes but when does a joke go too far? Think it would be a different voice if your personal identification had been accessed,” said Leigh-Anne Du Plooy

Roxane Martin-Hayter added: “I don’t think it’s funny at all. Quite pathetic actually. I would have been furious firstly to be woken up and secondly if it had been hacked, that all my details or children’s details were so easily accessible!”