ATLANTA – Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is calling on the General Assembly to pass legislation increasing penalties for transmitting false alarms amid an outbreak of “swatting” incidents.
False reports of criminal activity that send police to the homes or offices of targeted victims have cropped up across the country in recent weeks. In Georgia, victims have included three Republican state senators, a Democratic state senator, GOP Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, and U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome.
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