Canadian Teen Arrested For Calling In 30+ Swattings, Bomb Threats

tsu doh nimh (609154) writes "A 16-year-old male from Ottawa, Canada has been arrested for allegedly making at least 30 fraudulent calls — including bomb threats and 'swattings' — to emergency services across North America over the past few months. Canadian media isn't identifying the youth because of laws that prevent the disclosure, but the alleged perpetrator was outed in a dox on Pastebin that was picked up by journalist Brian Krebs, who was twice the recipient of attempted swat raids at the hand of this kid. From the story: 'I told this user privately that targeting an investigative reporter maybe wasn't the brightest idea, and that he was likely to wind up in jail soon. But @ProbablyOnion was on a roll: That same day, he hung out his for-hire sign on Twitter, with the following message: "want someone swatted? Tweet me their name, address and I'll make it happen."'"

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Re:good

[geekoid]

" 2-4%"
err. no.

It's like 0%.01%

You cutting some of fin traffic is more likely to get someone killed; therefor you should be charged with murder.

"A good prosecutor could stuff this little turd in a very dark cell for a couple of decades, and the world would be much better off as a result."
worse off, actually. There is the cost of jail, then there is the cost of not having someone in society, then you are creating someone who is likely to be a criminal after they get out, then you have the issue where you are looked at as uncivilized and stupid by the rest of the world, then there is another tools for the police state.

It's far, far better for society to correct the behavior and have a tax paying member of society.

You are a short sighted bully, who is clueless about society and long term benefits. Also, you should take some economics course so maybe you might be able to understand the world is far larger and moire complex then you seem to think.

No one who isn't expect the police to show up is going to shoot the police. Stop being so fucking stupid, you can be better then that.