Stephen McAllister

November 14, 2018

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

This post was originally published on this siteA 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. Tyler Raj Barriss, in an undated selfie. Tyler Barriss, 25, went by the nickname SWAuTistic on Twitter, and reveled in perpetrating “swatting” attacks. These dangerous hoaxes involve making false claims to emergency responders about phony hostage situations or bomb threats, with the intention of prompting a heavily-armed police response to the location of the claimed incident. On Dec. 28, 2017, Barriss placed […]