A fake swatting call was made to the Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' home. A man called emergency services saying he broke into a house, which turned out to be Bellows' home.

A fake emergency call to police resulted in officers responding Friday night to the home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows just a day after she removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause.

She becomes the latest elected politician to become a target of swatting, which involves making a prank phone call to emergency services with the intent that a large first responder presence, including SWAT teams, will show up at a residence.

Bellows was not home when the swatting call was made, and responding officers found nothing suspicious.

  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
    191·
    10 months ago

    Five bucks says it is someone who has already gotten some infamy for doing things like this in the past like Jacob Wohl.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      133·
      10 months ago

      You’re on. I say it’s Trump. Or possibly Byron Barron. (edit…lol. we should all just start “who are you again? Duncan?” to trump. probably set his ego off even more than tiny-hands jokes)

      • spamfajitas@lemmy.world
        6·
        10 months ago

        Probably some punk named John Barron who I hear many people say has the yugest hands and smells amazing.