Calls have triggered huge deployments of law enforcement and caused panic at schools, churches and other institutions. But ...

Colton Benedict Williams, 15, has been arrested and charged with two counts of making a false report about using a firearm in ...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday that DHS will aid in prosecuting those accused of ...

A caller told deputies that they were going to "shoot up" the hospital and that they had a bomb, which was determined to be a ...

Larry Taunton was in bed around 1 a.m. on Sunday in his Alabama home when he noticed his dog, Ranger, getting worked up.

The FBI said it would launch a probe into fake swatting calls after noticing an uptick in pranks targeting conservative media ...

San Bernardino County deputies have allowed Loma Linda children's hospital staff to return to the facility after finding no ...

If confronted with a threat, RUN, HIDE, FIGHT." The sheriff's department later said the incident appeared to be a swatting call and that the area would soon reopen. "Loma Linda Hospital has been ...

Swatting involves hoax emergency service calls that send police, sometimes including armed response units, to a person's home ...

Hoax calls leading to SWAT callouts could land you in prison for up to 2.5 years under a new bill in Indiana House.

Owen Shroyer, a Jan 6 defendant who has since been pardoned, claimed he was made to lie on the ground by officers and crawl backwards before he was able to persuade them it was a hoax when he was ...

An initial report of an armed suspect inside Loma Linda University Children's Hospital that prompted a large police response ...