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Man Who Hired Deadly Swatting Gets 15 Months

September 17, 2019 admin Andrew Finch, Casey Viner, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Shane Gaskill, SWATting, Tyler Barriss

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:59:02 +0000

An Ohio teen who recruited a convicted serial swatter to fake a distress call that ended in the police shooting an innocent Kansas man in 2017 has been sentenced to 15 months in prison.

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Man Behind Fatal ‘Swatting’ Gets 20 Years

March 29, 2019 admin Andrew Finch, Casey Viner, fatal swatting, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Shane Gaskill, SWATting, Tyler Barriss, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 22:19:15 +0000

Tyler Barriss, a 26-year-old California man who admitted making a phony emergency call to police in late 2017 that led to the shooting death of an innocent Kansas resident, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison.

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Calif. Man Pleads Guilty in Fatal Swatting Case, Faces 20+ Years in Prison

November 14, 2018 admin Andrew Finch, Call of Duty, Casey Viner, justice department, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Shane Gaskill, Stephen McAllister, SWATting, swautistic, Tyler Barriss

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:27:01 +0000

A California man who pleaded guilty Tuesday to causing dozens of swatting attacks — including a deadly incident in Kansas last year — now faces 20 or more years in prison.

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3 Charged In Fatal Kansas ‘Swatting’ Attack

May 24, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, Andrew Finch, Associated Press, Call of Duty, Casey S. Viner, Cosmo the God, Eric Taylor, fatal swatting, Mir Islam, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Shane M. Gaskill, swautistic, Tyler Barriss

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 17:45:52 +0000

Federal prosecutors have charged three men with carrying out a deadly hoax known as “swatting,” in which perpetrators call or message a target’s local 911 operators claiming a fake hostage situation or a bomb threat in progress at the target’s address — with the expectation that local police may respond to the scene with deadly force. While only one of the three men is accused of making the phony call to police that got an innocent man shot and killed, investigators say the other two men’s efforts to taunt and deceive one another ultimately helped point the gun.

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Serial SWATter Tyler “SWAuTistic” Barriss Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter

January 15, 2018 admin Andrew Finch, KWCH, Los Angeles Times, Marc Bennett, Ne'er-Do-Well News, swautistic, Tyler Raj Barriss, Wichita Eagle

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 01:41:12 +0000

Tyler Raj Barriss, a 25-year-old serial “swatter” whose phony emergency call to Kansas police last month triggered a fatal shooting, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and faces up to eleven years in prison.

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Serial Swatter “SWAuTistic” Bragged He Hit 100 Schools, 10 Homes

January 2, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, Andrew Finch, Call of Duty, Cosmo the God, Eric Taylor, FCC bomb threat, Ne'er-Do-Well News, swautistic, Tyler Raj Barriss, Wichita Eagle

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 17:15:10 +0000

The individual who allegedly made a fake emergency call to Kansas police last week that summoned them to shoot and kill an unarmed local man has claimed credit for raising dozens of these dangerous false alarms — calling in bogus hostage situations and bomb threats at roughly 100 schools and at least 10 residences.