Racine man indicted, Ring doorbell swatting scheme
Federal prosecutors say a Racine man and another man from North Carolina hacked Ring doorbell cameras and swatted the owners, taunting police as they streamed the law enforcement response online.
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Federal prosecutors say a Racine man and another man from North Carolina hacked Ring doorbell cameras and swatted the owners, taunting police as they streamed the law enforcement response online.
Two men have been indicted after allegedly calling in false reports to police, known as swatting, and for tapping into Ring home security cameras illegally to broadcast police raids online, prosecutors announced Monday.
Week-long string of incidents included one in Ventura County.
FBI agents said Kya Nelson was involved in provoking emergency responses to fake crime calls in several states.
Wisconsin man charged in shots fired call, bomb threat at Kentucky high school Murray Police Department and last updated 2021-01-29 15:23:18-05 MURRAY, Ky. (WTVF) â A 19-year-old in Wisconsin has been arrested in connection with a false shots fired call and bomb threat at Murray High School in Kentucky. The Murray Police Department said officers responded to the school for a shots fired call on Monday and a bomb threat on Tuesday. Both calls were deemed to be false. Police said they traced all of the phone calls related to the cases back to Kya Nelson, of Racine, Wisconsin. A search w...