17-year-old Ohio boy charged with 73 counts of delinquency in a nationwide ‘swatting’ spree that left police scrambling to phony 911 calls

Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(NEW YORK) — 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 draw a SWAT team response. The teenager, whose name was not released because he is legally underage, allegedly …

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