Swatting is a term used to describe the action of making hoax phone calls to report serious crimes requiring emergency services. People who carry out a “swatting” prank aim to fool emergency services into sending a Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team to respond to the supposed emergency, said Wood County Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn. So-called swatters will falsely report...

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