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SoCal homes swatted, officers taunted through hacked Ring camera
KTLA ^ | Jan 23, 2025 | Cameron Kiszla

Posted on 01/23/2025 11:14:14 AM PST by BenLurkin

Racine resident Kya Christian Nelson, 23, admitted to one count of conspiracy and two counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release.

From Nov. 7 to 13, 2020, Nelson went on a “swatting” spree where he’d falsely report dangerous situations at residences across the country, then livestream the ensuing police raids on social media, “sometimes while taunting responding police officers in communities such as West Covina and Oxnard,” the DOJ said.

Those officers had often just cleared a home’s residents at gunpoint, as the reports they received often indicated that children were in danger from adults armed with guns.

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One of Nelson’s co-conspirators, Arizona resident James Thomas Andrew McCarty, 22, was sentenced in June to seven years in federal prison.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: hacking; ringcameras; swatting

1 posted on 01/23/2025 11:14:14 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

These guys should face the death penalty.


2 posted on 01/23/2025 11:39:43 AM PST by EnderWiggin1970
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To: BenLurkin

I hope cell block mates swat him in his bunk at 0’dark30.


3 posted on 01/23/2025 11:40:58 AM PST by healy61
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To: BenLurkin

I bet the girls go gah gah over them

https://www.abc4.com/news/national/2-charged-in-nationwide-ring-camera-swatting-spree/


4 posted on 01/23/2025 12:07:08 PM PST by Az Joe (We can't spare President Trump; He fights!)
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To: BenLurkin

Hope the little shit goes away for 15+ years.


5 posted on 01/23/2025 12:10:20 PM PST by Dave911
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To: Az Joe

One comes with perfect ‘pisto grip ears’.


6 posted on 01/23/2025 12:16:22 PM PST by 03A3 (If we can defund the police, we sure as hell can defund the FBI)
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