Nearly 150 laws went into effect in Florida on July 1, including a wide variety of new crimes, harsher penalties, and changes ...

Simi Valley Police Department responded to and confirmed a false emergency report as a swatting incident, now seeking the ...

Someone reported a hostage situation at Erie Insurance Arena, 809 French St., about 4:50 p.m. on June 30. It was a prank; ...

Police are attempting to identify the person who reported a fake crime in Ventura County Monday afternoon. Officers were sent ...

Authorities in Erie are responding to a swatting incident, a dangerous hoax that involves making false claims to provoke an ...

BAKER, Fla -- The teen -- who had the Baker School swatted in 2023 -- was sentenced on Monday. Landyn Whittington was ...

Swatting — when someone makes a false 911 report to illicit a large and aggressive police response — has become increasingly common over the last decade as it becomes easier for callers to ...

Swatting is a prank call made to authorities with the express purpose of luring them to a location – usually a home – where they are led to believe a horrific crime has been committed or is in ...

A large police presence was on hand at the Erie Insurance Arena and UPMC Park, including the SWAT team vehicle as well as the ...

Swatting incidents targeting government officials on the rise 04:13. More than a dozen public officials have been targeted by attempted "swatting attacks" in the weeks since Christmas, according ...

A second swatting method sidesteps the traditional phone system altogether. Some swatters use a teletypewriter (TTY) relay -- a phone system created for people who are deaf -- to place 911 calls.

Swatting battering-rammed its way into the national conversation two years ago, after LA-based gamer Tyler Bariss, peeved over a Call of Duty dispute, attempted to send the police to another ...