Police were dispatched toward Smith's residence but were called off when they learned it was a false alarm and that everyone inside the home was safe.

Police were dispatched toward Smith’s residence but were called off when they learned it was a false alarm and that everyone inside the home was safe.

Special counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing the prosecution of former President Donald Trump in two federal cases, was the target of an attempted swatting at his Maryland residence on Christmas Day.

According to two law enforcement sources, someone called 911 and said that Smith had shot his wife at the address where Smith lives.

Montgomery County Police dispatched units toward the home but were called off when the Deputy U.S. Marshals protecting Smith and his family told police that it was a false alarm and that everyone inside the home was safe.

No arrests have been made in connection with the incident.

  • NeatoEnglish
    50•1 year ago

    Yeah. When I first heard about swatting you heard about arrests. Now it seems like the cops don’t give a shit.

    When I was in school you’d get a bomb threat in the county once a year or so but they always caught them. How are police so inept now?

        • @werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
          5•1 year ago

          I don’t answer my phone either. I have a special Ring tone for the family, that’s it. At work I got moved to a new location and asked me if I needed my phone. I said no and haven’t used the office phone since. I email companies and setup in person meetings or teams meetings. There’s no need for a phone at work if one can just do teams.

    • Flying Squid
      8•1 year ago

      When I was in school you’d get a bomb threat in the county once a year or so but they always caught them.

      I’m actually surprised about that. Maybe you went to school at a different time from me? I graduated in 1995. A couple of times a year, some kid (probably) would call in a bomb threat so they could get out of a test or whatever and they never got caught. We had a pay phone right outside the school, which didn’t help.

    • proleEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      The cops probably like it because they get to LARP like it’s Call of Duty for a few hours.