Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2013. An Athol, Mass., man has been charged in a criminal information with engaging in a practice known as “swatting,” which involves making hoax emergency telephone calls in order to elicit an armed police response (from a SWAT team) for the purpose of harassing someone believed to be at a specific location.
The announcement was made today by Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S.…
