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Swatting
Luke Plunkett
The second gamer involved in a swatting case that began with a Call of Duty bet and ended with police killing an innocent man has been sentenced.
Swatter Tyler Barriss, 26, pleaded guilty yesterday to the crimes that led police to forcibly enter the home of Wichita resident Andrew Finch, who died from an officer’s gunshot wound. Barriss originally pleaded not guilty to this fatal instance of swatting, which occurred over a dispute in Call of Duty…
The past handful of days have been a whirlwind for Peter “Rolly Ranchers” Varady. In that time, the 12-year-old has gone from being just another kid trying his hand at YouTube, to someone with nearly 100,000 subscribers, to a swatting victim.
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