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Swatting Shuts Down Rutgers' Main NJ Campus Overnight, Police Say
A bomb threat targeting various buildings on Rutgers University’s main campus in New Brunswick turned out to be an apparent case of swatting, college officials said Thursday. The swatting — hoax calls reporting serious crimes designed to draw large emergency responses to a single place — forced a shelter-in-place at the College Avenue campus after the call came in around…
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‘Extremely Traumatic:' CT Official Blasts ‘Active Shooter' Hoax Amid US Swatting Spree
Multiple Connecticut schools were briefly locked down Friday after someone — or someones — called in fake “active shooter” reports, triggering procedures similar to ones activated across the state of New Jersey a week ago and, for some, retraumatization over the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, officials and education leaders said. Stamford High School, in Fairfield County, got a call…
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What Is ‘Swatting'?: Phone Call Hoax Hits NJ Schools Friday
A series of possible swatting incidents locked down high schools in at least a half-dozen New Jersey counties Friday within a half-hour span, law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case say, indicating a possible targeted attack. Police in Toms River tweeted that they got a call about a possible shooting at High School North around 11 a.m. and the…
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Swatting Attack Triggers High School Lockdowns Across NJ; Multiple Counties Affected
A series of possible swatting incidents — hoax calls reporting serious crimes designed to draw large emergency responses to a single place — locked down high schools in at least a half-dozen New Jersey counties Friday within a half-hour span, law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case say, indicating a possible targeted attack. Police in Toms River tweeted that…
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Defining Swatting and Its Consequences
After several “swatting” calls at South Florida schools, NBC 6’s Alyssa Hyman looks into what it is and its consequences.