Washington Man Sentenced Over Harassment of First Responders

Published on June 6, 2024

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 Wednesday 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. His sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Benjamin H. Settle who said he felt the lengthy prison time was justified because there is a need to “send a message that engaging in swatting will get more than a slap on the hand.”...

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