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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What about the second serial swatter on the grassy knoll and the guy with the umbrella?
Doesn’t the judge have to approve a plea deal?
I call BS on Judge “my hands are tied”.
That’s a shame...
Never and nobody. he’ll get out of prison early and go offending until he’s put away for all day or put down by law enforcement.
5 years is not nearly enough.
The person who died I believe had the name Tennessee.
Thank you
Without soap. I hope he gets raped to death for the utterly stupid, infantile, and horrible thing he did. He took an innocent man's life away from him! His should be taken from him as well. Great example of terrible parenting.
“Good, glad the law is dealing harshly with these people.”
LIKE HELL!!
FIVE YEARS ain’t “HARSH”; dafuq Fantasy Island are YOU on?
This is a patty-cake on the wrist for the little maggot!
Well, I have a hard time disagreeing with you. Yet I do, only because I can’t be sure that his intention was to cause the person to have a heart attack. So 30 years may be appropriate punishment here.
The kid’s not going to last...he’ll be dead before Joe Biden is removed from office under the 25th Amendment.
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