Almost a year ago, 28-year-old Andrew Finch was shot and killed by police responding to a false report about a hostage situation at a local home. This is believed to be the first death related to swatting, but it’s not the only time that Tyler Barriss - who allegedly made the call - has faced charges for making false reports. Now Barriss faces 46 additional charges. Federal prosecutors in the Central District of California have levied these these charges against Barriss, and the bulk of these alleged crimes took place at the end of 2017. That’s right after Barriss was released from Los Angeles County Jail, having served two years there after pleading no contest to making a bomb threat. As Wired reports, prosecutors say Barriss is guilty of making multiple other swatting calls, many at the behest of other individuals - and some at a nominal fee of $10 each. Some of the earliest charges go back to 2015, when prosecutors say Barriss phoned bomb threats in to schools across the country to get his online Halo buddies a day off from classes. Others include further swattings and bomb threats. In one case, prosecutors say Barriss impersonated an ISIS member to report a bomb threat.
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