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New Jersey Legislator Who Sponsored Anti-Swatting Bill Gets Swatted

posted by CoolHand on Thursday April 16 2015, @09:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-desserts dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

A New Jersey state legislator who is sponsoring a bill against swatting, has himself been swatted:

According to a report by NJ.com, Moriarty received a phone call at his home on Saturday from a police officer asking if everything was okay; the assemblyman was then informed that someone had anonymously called in a report of a shooting at the home. He was then told to describe his clothing and step outside, where he saw a crowd of officers armed with "helmets, flak jackets and rifles."

There was no mention if the legislator questioned the over-militarizing of the police or no-knock raids...

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by CirclesInSand on Thursday April 16 2015, @10:35PM

    by CirclesInSand (2899) on Thursday April 16 2015, @10:35PM (#171763)

    After doing some reading, I think you are right. According to http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2014/Bills/A4000/3877_I1.HTM [state.nj.us] :

    SYNOPSIS

              Upgrades crime of false public alarm under certain circumstances.

    It describes the original penalties:

    Under current law, such an act is ordinarily a crime of the third degree, punishable by a term of imprisonment of three to five years, a fine of up to $15,000, or both. The responsible party would also be liable for a civil penalty of $2,000 or the actual costs incurred by or resulting from the law enforcement and emergency services response to the false alarm.

    And some of the penalties have increased to:

    The crime as upgraded would be punishable by a term of imprisonment of five to 10 years, a fine of up to $150,000, or both, and the responsible party would remain liable for the above described civil penalty.

    So a total incarceration time of 8 to 15 years if the text isn't misleading, for a crime that is practically manslaughter.

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