Villanova University students and families were put on high alert as an active shooter warning ended up being a hoax, ...

A prank 911 call led to a significant police response in a Rexburg neighborhood this afternoon. According to Rexburg Police, ...

Swatting isn’t a prank. It’s a technology-enabled form of harassment that weaponizes 911 to terrorize targets, traumatize ...

Police at the University of Colorado Boulder on Monday responded to what is now being investigated as a "potential swatting ...

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

DDG was detained at a desert paintball tournament after a swatting prank triggered a police raid, but was later released without charges.

Demoted state police SWAT sergeant who fired gun as prank, drank while driving - rehired as patrol trooper Updated: Jul. 25, 2025, 10:00 a.m. | Published: Jul. 25 ...

HAWTHORN WOODS, Ill. (WLS) -- A SWAT team, Lake County Sheriff officers and Hawthorn Police were at a house in northwest suburban Hawthorn Woods Thursday morning after a prank caller called 911.

A popular online gamer says he was shaken up after armed police stormed his home, believe to be prompted by a prank phone call, as he was live streaming to nearly 60,000 viewers. Joshua Peters, a ...

The prank calls are known as "swatting" because of the full police "SWAT" response the calls elicit. The family who was targeted does not want to be identified but spoke out to bring awareness to ...

A 17-year-old Ohio boy was charged with 140 counts of delinquency — stemming from what authorities said is the latest in the dangerous trend of "swatting" in which prank 911 calls are placed to ...