A man made a bogus emergency call during a dispute over a $1.50 bet in 'Call of Duty: WWII,' leading police to fatally shoot a Kansas man. The caller was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday.
FILE - In this May 22, 2018, file photo, Tyler Barriss, of California, appears for a preliminary hearing in Wichita, Kan. Barriss, who pleaded guilty to 51 charges related to fake emergency calls and threats will be sentenced in federal court in Wichita, Friday, March 29, 2019, and could face decades in prison. His case drew national attention to the practice of "swatting," a form of retaliation in which gamers get police to go to an online opponent's address.
Melgren said the case went into “uncharted legal territory,” that the law has not caught up with technology and the charges didn’t address the severity of what happened.had made dozens of such calls before that and was “known as the guy on Twitter that is good at this,” his attorney, Richard Federico, said.
“If I could take it back, I would, but there is nothing I can do,” Barriss told the court. “I am so sorry for that.” Barriss’ prosecution in Wichita consolidated other federal cases that had been filed against him in California and the District of Columbia involving similar calls and threats. Bennett also said Friday that he would dismiss state charges, including involuntary manslaughter, because Barriss would be getting more prison time from the federal charges than he could get in state court.
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