You've just been 'SWATted'
Imagine this scenario: You're fast asleep. You hear rustling coming from outside your home. You grab a knife and step outside your home, prepared to fend off an intruder and protect your family. Only, instead of a criminal, you find yourself face-to-face with SWAT officers pointing assault weapons at you.
What the hell's going on?
You've been "swatted."
Turns out, somebody thought it would be a kick to make a fake 911 "I just killed somebody in my house" call. Using Internet technology, they're able to fool the dispatcher into believing they're making the call from your home, instead of thousands of miles away.
Read "Swatting" here.
Comments
This 19 yo is not that young and should be charged with all the law will allow. This family could have been killed and that would have been a tragedy. And IMHO, he would have been guilty by proxy of murder.......He needs a good amount of time to think about what he did wrong in the gray-bar hotel.
Posted by: me4sure | February 19, 2008 1:02 PM