One of the oft-repeated stories from the thwarted attack on a “Draw Muhammad” contest in Texas earlier this month was that a sole security officer had neutralized the two gunmen. That was the tale ...

The FBI is warning local law enforcement about a hoax called “swatting.” Using technology to hack a phone, prank callers are pretending to be shooters or victims of a shooting to draw SWAT teams to a ...

Emergency responders drew the attention of residents at Ashley Estates apartment complex on Eden Garden Drive in north Loveland twice this week. On Tuesday night around 9:30 p.m., a Loveland Police ...

A Wethersfield man has pleaded guilty to taking part in a series of hoax threats last year intended to draw responders, such as SWAT units and bomb squads. Federal officials say 22-year-old Matthew ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - Police have arrested a suspected drug dealer one day after SWAT teams swarmed a Miami neighborhood for the second time in three months, leaving residents on edge. The latest wake-up ...

With the first greens of spring season unfurling over Swat, locals as well as tourists from around the country flock to catch a glimpse of dazzling orchards and lush green vales. While the valley ...

Prank phone callers are known as 'swatters' because the nature of their 911 call is so dire, SWAT teams are often sent to the celebrity's home. Shutterstock Dopes who make phony 911 calls that draw ...

SWAT team members wielding machine guns stormed into an Airlie Street apartment where a distressed man, believed to be armed, was threatening to harm himself yesterday. After nearly an hour, around ...

A Hobart man scared his girlfriend was going to leave him has been charged with domestic battery with a deadly weapon and a host of other felonies after making threats that brought out a SWAT team to ...

WOBURN -- A hoax phone call from a man claiming to have shot his mother drew a SWAT team to an apartment complex here on Friday night, one of at least four false reports that alarmed separate towns.