Posted on 08/01/2021 3:51:51 PM PDT by simpson96
A 18-year-old Tennessee man who helped set in motion a fraudulent distress call to police that led to the death of a 60-year-old grandfather in 2020 was sentenced to 60 months in prison today.
60-year-old Mark Herring died of a heart attack after police surrounded his home in response to a swatting attack.
Shane Sonderman, of Lauderdale County, Tenn. admitted to conspiring with a group of criminals that’s been “swatting” and harassing people for months in a bid to coerce targets into giving up their valuable Twitter and Instagram usernames.
At Sonderman’s sentencing hearing today, prosecutors told the court the defendant and his co-conspirators would text and call targets and their families, posting their personal information online and sending them pizzas and other deliveries of food as a harassment technique.
Other victims of the group told prosecutors their tormentors further harassed them by making false reports of child abuse to social services local to the target’s area, and false reports in the target’s name to local suicide prevention hotlines.
Eventually, when subjects of their harassment refused to sell or give up their Twitter and Instagram usernames, Sonderman and others would swat their targets — or make a false report to authorities in the target’s name with the intention of sending a heavily armed police response to that person’s address.(snip)
Ann Billings was dating Mr. Herring and was present when the police surrounded his home. She recalled for the Tennessee court today how her friend died shortly thereafter of a heart attack.
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Should get 30 years.
Needs to be killed.
He should be hunted on an island by a SWAT team
” coerce targets into giving up their valuable Twitter and Instagram usernames.”
It was worth murdering a dude for a name?
5 years for a death. I hope some hell’s angels “befriend” him. Disgusting.
Just another good reason to not have social media accounts.
That said, string them up for this kind of harassment.
Explain please how an ordinary person’s Twitter /Instagram has value????? I’ve never heard that before.
May that Bubba send him to a living hell on earth.
Also a crime that didn’t exist 30 years ago.
That’s future Antifa material right there.
Torah Law would impose either a death penalty or the equivalent value of the income of the victim for life. If allowed to live, the offender would be required to work, with all income of said labor going to the family of the victim. Torah does not provide for prisons. It punishes evil deeds in kind and demands restitution. No one should be allowed to live in a prison without work. Unrepentant repeat offenders have no place in a righteous society.
He used the names as gifts to friends and relatives. If they were going to have a baby, he would ask what they are naming it then get the username for it
Single bullet, back of the head.
Sorry to be dense: don’t people use made up or obscure names for Twitter/IGram?
He pleaded to one count of extortion by threat of serious injury or damage. The judge said he deserved more, but by law he could only give the max of 5 yrs
Good, glad the law is dealing harshly with these people.
One woman they went after had a username of TB. Her initials. He wanted that
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