ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A man Party rental vienna va USA who used to be a student at Old Dominion University was sentenced Monday to 33 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that involved multiple swatting attacks.
According to court documents, 20-year-old John William Kirby Kelley of Vienna conspired with John Cameron Denton, a former leader of the Party rental vienna va USA white supremacist group Atomwaffen Division in Texas, and others to conduct “swatting” calls. Swatting involves deceiving emergency dispatchers into believing that someone is in imminent danger of death or bodily harm, causing the dispatchers to send police and emergency services to an unwitting third party’s address.
The attacks targeted ODU, journalists, an Party rental vienna va USA historic Virginia church, an Islamic Center in Arlington, Texas, and a former U.S. Cabinet member.
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