EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. — What was supposed to be a dream vacation for Jim and Nancy Puls turned into a nightmare earlier this month as flames devastated the island of
A dispatcher heard screaming in the background of a call in which the caller said he was holding two siblings at knifepoint inside a home in Fair Lawn.
As the U.S. deals with a nationwide swatting wave, Motherboard has traced much of the activity to a particular swatting-as-a-service account on Telegram. Torswats uses synthesized voices to pressure law enforcement to specific locations.
“Torswats” is a Telegram user that has reportedly called in bomb threats to different locations, including high schools, using a digitally created voice.
According to the Telegraph Herald, Police said a physical disturbance prompted a brief lockdown at a High School in Dubuque this morning. The TH reports