A Washington man has been sentenced to three years in prison after making 20 false emergency reports to police, including some claiming that explosive devices had been planted in various places across the United States and in Canada, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced.
Ashton Connor Garcia, a 21-year-old from Bremerton, Washington, was sentenced on June 5 in U.S. District Court in Tacoma for four federal felonies stemming from what the DOJ said was “extensive illegal harassing activity,” also known as swatting.
