Man gets 20 years for deadly ?swatting? hoax
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Casey Viner, then around 18 years old, allegedly recruited Barriss to "swat" the Wichita home of Shane Gaskill, who was about 19. Gaskill was charged with wire fraud for giving Barriss the wrong address and then goading him into swatting it anyway. Gaskill’s trial has been delayed to April 23 amid plea talks with federal prosecutors," according to the AP.Prosecutors decided not to charge the police officer who shot Finch.You must login or create an account to comment.Join the Ars Orbital Transmission mailing list to get weekly updates delivered to your inbox.
As said here by Timothy B. Lee