In Los Angeles, a practice known as swatting has become an alarming trend — a series of hoax 911 calls claiming serious incidents at the homes of celebrities. A string of them happened just this week, prompting police SWAT teams to respond in force.
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Earlier this year, a 12-year-old boy was charged with making false threats about supposed incidents at the homes of Justin Bieber and actor Ashton Kutcher. Other swatting targets over the last year include "The X Factor" judge Simon Cowell, singer Miley Cyrus and the Kardashian-Jenner family.
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