Schumer: Swatting Prank Is No Joke For Orange County Students Or Parents

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Standing at Maple Hill Elementary School, U.S. Senator Charles E . Schumer today urged Congress to immediately pass his recently introduced legislation that will finally crack down on an alarming new nationwide crime trend called "swatting," which has recently emerged as a problem in the Hudson Valley. Schumer said that there have been two recent "swatting" attacks in Orange County, including one that resulted in the evacuation of over 1,300 terrified students at Monhagen Middle School.

"What the perpetrators of these recent prank calls see as a practical joke is actually a terrifying experience for students and their parents," said Schumer. "That's why I am pushing legislation that will increase the jail time for "swatting' perpetrators, force them to pay restitution for the cost of investigating fake calls, and close the existing loophole on internet phone calls to make disguising your caller ID to law enforcement a crime.."

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