Three men indicted after ‘swatting’ calls in Georgia [Video]

EASTMAN, Ga. — Three men are facing federal charges after making prank calls to several police and emergency departments across the country, including one incident in Dodge County, according to a press release from the Department of Justice.

18-year-old Owen Jarboe of Maryland, 26-year-old Evan Strauss of Virginia and 18-year-old Brayden Grace of Ohio are all charged with conspiracy, cyberstalking, interstate threatening communications and threats to damage or destroy by means of fire and explosives.

According to the six-count superseding indictment, from approximately Dec. 10, 2023 through at least Jan. 18, 2024, the three men, along with other conspirators, “knowingly and unlawfully conspired to place and caused to be placed swatting calls to multiple police and emergency departments across the United States.”

The men were allegedly part of an online group called “Purgatory” …