Swatting incidents have occurred at Villanova and University of South Carolina in recent days. What is going on? What is ...

Twitch.tv users probably weren't expecting to see one of their video games reenacted in real life. Yesterday, a SWAT team swarmed a Littleton office building after a prankster called in a fake ...

Triangle law enforcement officers say the prank called "swatting" - prompting the SWAT raid of the home of another videogamer, either as revenge or for amusement - is dangerous and potentially deadly.

The prank call created the potential for serious consequences, Rynerson said. This type of prank call is known as swatting, or a call to 911 to report a fake emergency.

A high school student in the middle of a prank game involving a water gun showed up at a JV lacrosse game. Parents thought the gun was real. Calls to 911 brought out the Lower Merion SWAT team.

Aug. 16, 2011 -- Swatting is the practice of making prank calls that sound so violent that they provoke a SWAT team response. 15-year-old Hunter Gelinas of Naples, Fla., learned all about it ...

A potentially lethal form of prank-calling could soon be banned with stiffer penalties, under a piece of legislation that just passed a crucial vote in Congress. The bill takes aim at a tactic ...

Roseville Police were told a person with a gun was inside his home threatening to shoot. "I realized it was a prank from the get-go because there was no shooting going on in my house," Brooks said ...

THE SWAT TEAM SURROUNDS THIS HOUSE IN SARPY COUNTY EARLY MONDAY - AFTER A SUSPICIOUS CALL CAME IN - THE PERSON ON THE PHONE SAYING SOMETHING BAD WAS HAPPENING AT A HOME NEAR 152ND AND GREENE.

Thursday night, Wichita, Kansas, Police sent out a SWAT team to respond to a 911 call that a man shot his father and was holding his family hostage in their home. The telephone call was a lie.

Gamers 'prank' each other by calling in real life SWAT team, webcam captures fallout "If the investigation determines that today’s incident was a hoax, those involved will be prosecuted to the ...

Shortly after, the SWAT team -- guns drawn -- bursts into the room, ordering Mathewson to put his hands up and get down on the ground. Mathewson was released later, according to Engadget.