FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- A West Florence High School teaching assistant is facing multiple charges after authorities say he sprayed a substance multiple times that sickened students.

Alexander Paul Robertson Lewis obtained a substance imitating a fecal odor and deployed it between Aug. 25 and Friday, forcing several children to obtain medical attention for respiratory issues and causing $55,000 worth of damage to the school's air conditioning system.

Lewis, 32, is charged with disturbing schools and malicious injury to property of more than $10,000.

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Adam Benson joined the News13 digital team in January 2024. He is a veteran South Carolina reporter with previous stops at the Greenwood Index-Journal, Post & Courier and The Sun News in Myrtle Beach. Adam is a Boston native an

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