A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to making dozens of hoax phone calls during which he reported fake crimes, including one high-profile call last year that resulted in another man in Wichita, Kan., being fatally shot by a police officer.
Under a plea agreement, the caller, Tyler Barriss, 25, of Los Angeles, will serve between 20 and 25 years in prison for making the false reports by phone, a practice known as swatting.
Prosecutors say that in addition to initiating the swatting episode in Kansas — where he entered his plea on Tuesday — Mr. Barriss made dozens of other, similar calls to emergency and law enforcement agencies across the country during which he falsely reported bomb threats, active shootings and other criminal activity at high schools, shopping malls and even the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
I remember reading his tweets before he was caught. He was totally unremorseful. He was adamant it was not his fault and the police can't do shit to him. Well, well, well, how the turntables.
Dead_Alive_Zombie on November 14th, 2018 at 20:26 UTC »
Good. I remember seeing the guys mugshot and thinking that he looked just like the weak, pitiful worm that I imagined.
mattjh on November 14th, 2018 at 21:08 UTC »
Here’s the NYT article about it.
A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to making dozens of hoax phone calls during which he reported fake crimes, including one high-profile call last year that resulted in another man in Wichita, Kan., being fatally shot by a police officer.
Under a plea agreement, the caller, Tyler Barriss, 25, of Los Angeles, will serve between 20 and 25 years in prison for making the false reports by phone, a practice known as swatting.
Prosecutors say that in addition to initiating the swatting episode in Kansas — where he entered his plea on Tuesday — Mr. Barriss made dozens of other, similar calls to emergency and law enforcement agencies across the country during which he falsely reported bomb threats, active shootings and other criminal activity at high schools, shopping malls and even the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
What an extremely shitty dickhead.
sageadam on November 14th, 2018 at 22:33 UTC »
I remember reading his tweets before he was caught. He was totally unremorseful. He was adamant it was not his fault and the police can't do shit to him. Well, well, well, how the turntables.