Jan 15 2020
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Last week the FBI arrested 19-year-old John William Kirby Kelley, who it’s alleged was part of a group responsible…
Oct 28 2019
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Fortnite pro Cody “Clix” Conrod—who is only 14 years old—was in the middle of a Fortnite Championship Series game on…
Aug 12 2019
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Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, the newly-crowned 16 year-old Fortnite World Cup solo champion, was playing the game in a…
Mar 29 2019
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Swatter Tyler Barriss has received a 20-year prison sentence, according to Associated Press. A longtime swatter, Barriss pled guilty in November to crimes that ultimately led to the fatal shooting of a man over a Call of Duty dispute. Prior to that, Barriss had called in phony bomb threats to the FBI, the FCC,… Read more
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Nov 14 2018
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Swatter Tyler Barriss, 26, pled guilty yesterday to the crimes that led police to forcibly enter the home of Wichita…
Oct 1 2018
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Swatting is pretty much the shittiest prank a person can pull, if you can even call an action that might lead to…
Feb 21 2018
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The past handful of days have been a whirlwind for Peter “Rolly Ranchers” Varady. In that time, the 12 year-old has…
Jan 12 2018
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Twenty-five-year-old Tyler Barriss was charged today in Kansas for involuntary manslaughter and two other counts in…
Dec 29 2017
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A 28-year-old man was shot and killed by a Wichita police officer after a reported hostage situation call last…
May 5 2017
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Since the end of last week, news reports have been circulating about Paul “Ice Poseidon” Denino, a streamer who got…
Apr 11 2017
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Two young men, one from the UK and another from the US, have been charged with “Swatting” Tyran Dobbs, who was shot…
Jul 26 2016
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Normally, parks are a great place to chill and capture lots of monsters within Pokémon Go. This particular…
Feb 23 2016
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After blowing up the internet with those sweet white Vans, Damn Daniel’s creator has now become the victim of one of…
Feb 1 2016
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Rep. Katherine Clark has for a few years now been on a crusade against shitty behaviour on the internet, from death…
Oct 11 2015
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Matthew Tollis, a 22 year-old from Wethersfield, Connecticut, is facing a year in jail for his role in a series of…
Aug 3 2015
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This past Saturday, the popular League of Legends-focused Twitch streamer Trick2g was putting on an elaborate…
May 21 2015
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A 17-year-old in British Columbia, Canada—that’s him above—plead guilty to 23 cases of extortion, public mischief…
Mar 29 2015
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A 13-year-old kid from Camarillo, California was arrested earlier this month and has since confessed to three acts…
Mar 29 2015
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Gamers attending a monthly social gathering at Digital Press Video Games in Clifton, New Jersey Saturday evening had…
Feb 17 2015
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A Runescape player was recently swatted while 60,000 people watched. When he tried to record a video about it, he…